Childlessness in a Transitional Population: the United States At the Turn of the Century
Most analyses of white childless ness in the United States before 1920 have perceived it as being primarily due to in voluntary factors, such as poor health and nutrition. This paper analyzes childless ness across various geographic areas at the turn of the century. It shows that the sub stantial va...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/036319908200700204 2023-05-15T17:32:30+02:00 Childlessness in a Transitional Population: the United States At the Turn of the Century Tolnay, Stewart E. Guest, Avery M. 1982 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/036319908200700204 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/036319908200700204 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Journal of Family History volume 7, issue 2, page 200-219 ISSN 0363-1990 1552-5473 Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Anthropology journal-article 1982 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/036319908200700204 2022-04-14T04:43:03Z Most analyses of white childless ness in the United States before 1920 have perceived it as being primarily due to in voluntary factors, such as poor health and nutrition. This paper analyzes childless ness across various geographic areas at the turn of the century. It shows that the sub stantial variations in childlessness were due largely to voluntary choice on the part of many American women, particularly in the North Atlantic region. In other areas, such as the agricultural South, almost all childlessness was probably involuntary. On the whole, variations in childlessness seemed primarily to reflect the stage of these areas in the general transition to low fertility occurring in the United States. There is some evidence, however, that urban industrialism may have had an in dependent positive influence on the degree of childlessness. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic SAGE Publications (via Crossref) Journal of Family History 7 2 200 219 |
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Most analyses of white childless ness in the United States before 1920 have perceived it as being primarily due to in voluntary factors, such as poor health and nutrition. This paper analyzes childless ness across various geographic areas at the turn of the century. It shows that the sub stantial variations in childlessness were due largely to voluntary choice on the part of many American women, particularly in the North Atlantic region. In other areas, such as the agricultural South, almost all childlessness was probably involuntary. On the whole, variations in childlessness seemed primarily to reflect the stage of these areas in the general transition to low fertility occurring in the United States. There is some evidence, however, that urban industrialism may have had an in dependent positive influence on the degree of childlessness. |
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Childlessness in a Transitional Population: the United States At the Turn of the Century |
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