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

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 Pres...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1963
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Office of Population Research ; 1951
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Foreword
  • 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