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Peer reviewedNock, Steven L. – Journal of Family Issues, 1987
Examines explanations for lower fertility rates including direct and opportunity costs. Considers things one forgoes to have children, including earnings, work and nonwork time, and type of job. Argues that women limit their fertility or remain childless for the symbolic significance of childbearing and their lifestyles, reflecting their view of…
Descriptors: Birth, Birth Rate, Child Rearing, Childlessness
Peer reviewedBahr, Stephen J., Ed. – Journal of Family Issues, 1982
Examines, in eight articles, changes in family economics. Studied effects of low income on young womens' high school completion, impact of negative income tax on children, moonlighting husbands, wives and husband's housework, relationship between human capital and fertility, household expenditure patterns, and cost of housewives' lost work…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Consumer Economics, Economic Factors, Educational Attainment
