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Title: Union and Childbearing Characteristics of Women 40-44, 2000-2018

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Publication Year: 2020

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Abstract: Over the last few decades, marriage and childbearing have become less tightly linked (Hayford, Guzzo, & Smock, 2014), and cohabitation has contributed to high levels of non-marital childbearing (Lichter, Sassler, & Turner, 2014). Understanding the links between cohabitation, marriage, and childbearing behaviors is complicated given delays in the timing of both union formation and fertility. Consequently, focusing on union and childbearing characteristics of women at the end of the reproductive years may provide novel insights. In this profile, we use data from the Current Population Survey’s biennial June Fertility Supplement from 2000 (when cohabitation data were first collected) through 2018 to analyze current union status and the distribution of the number of children ever born (one, two, three, or four or more) for women aged 40-44. Information on trends in the number of children ever born by educational attainment and race-ethnicity is presented in a companion profile FP-20-04, and information on differentials in age at first birth in 2018 is discussed in FP-20-06.

Url: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1215&context=ncfmr_family_profiles

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Authors: Guzzo, Karen, B.; Schweizer, Valerie, J.

Series Title: National Center for Family & Marriage Research (NCFMR) Working Paper Series

Publication Number: FP-20-03

Institution: Bowling Green State University

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Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Family and Marriage, Gender

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