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Bean, Frank D.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1987
Examined relationships between religious and age heterogamy and choice of voluntary contraceptive sterilization and decision for male or female procedure. Found that couples of disparate ages and mixed-faith marriages exhibited greater tendency to elect sterilization than did other couples. No relationship emerged between measures of heterogamy…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Contraception, Decision Making, Demography
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Bradshaw, Benjamin S.; Bean, Frank D. – Social Science Quarterly, 1973
The data provides little evidence to support the thesis that the fertility levels of the Anglo and Mexican American populations have substantially converged during the last two decades. (Author)
Descriptors: Demography, Family Planning, Mexican Americans, Population Education
Bean, Frank D.; Tienda, Marta – 1987
Over the past two decades peoples of Hispanic descent have had an increasing impact on the ethnic, socioeconomic, and demographic features of the U.S. population. This book draws together evidence from the 1980 census, earlier censuses, and other sources to portray the changing position of Hispanics in a complex and multiethnic society. Roughly…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Cubans, Data Interpretation, Demography