Pinto, Guido, and Alberto Palloni Working paper no. 1996-17 Abstract In this paper we re-estimate the effects of breastfeeding patterns on the timing of resumption of menses after controlling for maternal nutrition and maternal stressors …
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Family Structure, Early Sexual Behavior, and Premarital Births
Wu, Lawrence L., Andrew J. Cherlin, and Larry Bumpass Working paper no. 1996-25 Abstract In this paper, we argue that entry into first sexual intercourse is a key process mediating the effects of family structure …
The Effects of Infant Mortality on Fertility Revisited: Some New Evidence
Palloni, Alberto, and Hantamalala Rafalimanana Working paper no. 1996-27
Differential Fertility, Intergenerational Educational Mobility, and Racial Inequality
Mare, Robert Working paper no. 1997-03 Abstract Recent commentary has suggested that the relatively high fertility of poorly educated women tends to dampen the average intellectual qualifications of the population. To evaluate this claim requires …
Birth, Death, and the Survival of the Family
Winsborough, Halliman, and Deborah Carr Working paper no. 1997-06
The Subsequent Fertility of Adolescent Mothers in the United States
Martin, Steven P., and Lawrence Wu Working paper no. 1998-01
Survey Estimates of the Contraceptive Effect of Breastfeeding in the United States
Martin, Steven P. Working paper no. 1998-13 Abstract This study uses survey data to estimate the overall contraceptive effect of breastfeeding in the United States. In the six months following a first birth, repeat pregnancy …
Coping with a Premaritally-Conceived Birth
Cook, Steven T., Enilda Delgado, and Gary Sandefur Working paper no. 1998-18 Abstract Births that are conceived before a first marriage result in difficult decisions about where and with whom the mother should live, and …
Comparing Data Quality of Fertility and First Sexual Intercourse Histories
Wu, Lawrence, Steven P. Martin, and Daniel A. Long Working paper no. 1999-08 Abstract This paper evaluates the data quality of two demographic variables in light of hypotheses on respondent recall from the literature on …
Determinants of Planned and Unplanned Childbearing among Unmarried Women in the United States
Musick, Kelly Working paper no. 1999-09 Abstract Increases in cohabitation and delays in first marriage have changed the composition and character of nonmarital births, with implications for how we understand the individual-level determinants of this …