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Rendall, Michael S.; Torr, Berna M. – RAND Corporation, 2007
Second-generation immigrants are typically analyzed under the assumption that, having been born in the United States, they grew up in the United States. We challenge this assumption by investigating the prevalence and patterns of second-generation Mexican-American children's migration to and return from Mexico during childhood, and consider the…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Children, Foreign Countries, Immigrants
Masnick, George S.; McFalls, Joseph A., Jr. – 1978
Based on data derived from a study of three generations of black women in Philadelphia in 1975, the report offers a new explanation of fertility differences between generations, population subgroups, and individuals. The authors hypothesize that varying fertility patterns are due to societal norms and circumstances which influence womens'…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavioral Science Research, Birth Rate, Contraception