Fertility patterns of native- and foreign-born women : assimilating to diversity / Ann Glusker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glusker, Ann I.

Series:

New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

The new Americans : recent immigration and American society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fertility, Human--United States.

Fertility, Human.

Immigrants--United States.

Immigrants.

United States--Emigration and immigration.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2003.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

The Enduring Issue of Immigration

Becoming American": Theoretical Challenges

The Centrality of Nativity, Ethnicity, Duration and Generation

The Emerging Question: Convergence to Which Norm?

Differing Determinants and Patterns of Fertility in a Diverse Population

Processes of Family Formation: "The Third Child

Initiation of Family Formation: The Timing of First Births

Conclusion: The Salience of Race/ Ethnicity and of Family

References

Appendix June 1986, 1988 Current Population Surveys

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-282) and index.

ISBN:

1-59332-082-5

OCLC:

228113473