Patterns of American Jewish fertility

The 1971 National Jewish Population Survey provides cross-sectional data on achieved fertility, detailed birth histories, and other information on family formation for a countrywide representative sample of 5,303 ever-married women. Cohort analysis shows that-although at lower levels-Jewish fertilit...

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Published inDemography Vol. 17; no. 3; p. 261
Main Author DellaPergola, S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.08.1980
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Birth Intervals
European Continental Ancestry Group
Female
Fertility
Humans
Jews
Male
Marriage
Middle Aged
United States
United States
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Summary:The 1971 National Jewish Population Survey provides cross-sectional data on achieved fertility, detailed birth histories, and other information on family formation for a countrywide representative sample of 5,303 ever-married women. Cohort analysis shows that-although at lower levels-Jewish fertility has followed the general trends of American population.
ISSN:0070-3370
DOI:10.2307/2061103