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Title: Marriage and Fertility Behavior in the United States, 1970-2000

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Publication Year: 2004

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Abstract: Over the last three decades, the concept of family has been fundamentally changed. An essential dimension of the changing behavior is the sharp rise of out-of-wedlock childbearing. If marriage is a good and efficient union for individuals and a better arrangement for children as stipulated by conventional wisdom, why do we see marriage become less popular and more divorce taking place? The major goal of this paper is to chart the trends of marriage and fertility over the last three decades using data from June Current Population Survey (CPS)and Census Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS). We argue that the central issue of out-of-wedlock childbearing is more to do with the diminishing willingness to marry than toward a changing attitude to fertility pattern.

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Authors: Kuo, Yuchen

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Institution: Texas A & M University

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Publisher Location: Texas

Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS CPS

Topics: Family and Marriage, Fertility and Mortality

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