Contraception,attitude-practice,and fertility differentials among US Hispanic,African–American and white women |
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Authors: | Donald J Bogue |
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Institution: | (1) Population Research Center, University of Chicago, 1155 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL, USA |
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Abstract: | Hispanic fertility (primarily among nationals from Mexico, Central and South America in the US) is higher today than it is
in Mexico and the other nations of origin (Frank and Heuveline 2005). It persists into the second and third generations, with only moderate signs of declining to replacement. Meanwhile, the
fertility rates of African–Americans, American Indians Cubans, and Puerto Ricans have all declined to replacement, only slightly
above the non-Hispanic white population. This study attempts to clarify the question why African–American fertility has declined
to replacement, but Hispanic fertility has not. The data used are from Cycle 6 of the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)
of 2002. Differences in physiological or marital-status factors are found not to explain these fertility differences; however,
there are significant differences in the practice of contraception during early childbearing years. Slightly less effective
methods if contraception is used, and less recourse to abortion if a pregnancy is undesired, all imply higher fertility for
Hispanic women. Underlying contraceptive behaviour are sets of attitudes and motives that favour, permit, or seek childbearing.
A much higher percentage of Hispanic than African–American women report that they wanted their last birth and intend to have
another in the future. Hispanic women of all socio-economic statuses are considerably more pronatal in their attitudes, particularly
with respect to the births of first and second children. |
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