Third Child : A Study in the Prediction of Fertility / R. G. Potter, Charles F. Westoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Westoff, Charles F., author.

Potter, R. G., author.

Contributor:

Princeton University. Office of Population Research.

National Analysts, inc.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Office of Population Research ; 1951

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family size.

Fertility, Human.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The second phase of a long-term study in American fertility. Tables, interview forms.Originally published in 1963.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword / Coale, Ansley J.

Preface

Contents

Tables

Appendix Tables

Part I. Introduction

Chapter I. Background, Sample, and Objectives

Part II. Fertility and Fertility Control

Chapter II. Current Fertility and Fertility Control in the United States: A Review

Chapter III. Voluntary Factors in the Speed of Conception

Chapter IV. Contraceptive Effectiveness as a Function of Desired Family Size

Chapter V. Improved Contraception and Its Mechanisms

Chapter VI. Birth Spacing as Related to Desired Family Size

Chapter VII. Predicting Fertility Over Three Years

Part III. Social And Psychological Factors

Chapter VIII. Religion and Religiousness

Chapter IX. Socio-Economic Status

Chapter X. Social Mobility

Chapter XI. Reactions to Change in General Economic Conditions

Chapter XII. Residence and Migration

Chapter XIII. Some Family Relationships

Chapter XIV. Age, Family Composition, and Sex Preference

Chapter XV. Multivariate Analyses

Part IV. Summary

Chapter XVI. Summary of Major Findings

Part V. Appendices

Appendix A. The Interview Schedule

Appendix Β. Sampling

Appendix C. The Reliability of Data on Fertility Planning

Appendix D. Measurement of Contraceptive Effectiveness

Appendix E. Significance Levels of Correlation Coefficients

Author Index

Notes:

A study and analysis of the results of a survey conducted in 1960 by National Analysts, inc., Philadelphia, prepared by members of the Office of Population Research of Princeton University.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-691-62523-9

1-4008-7642-7

OCLC:

967536108