Cross-Sectional Areal Analyses of Factors Affecting Marital Fertility: Actual Versus Relative Income.

Defronzo, James

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Publication Date: 1976

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Cross-Sectional Areal Analyses of Factors Affecting Marital Fertility: Actual Versus Relative Income

Defronzo, James

Journal of Marriage and the Family, 38, 4, 669-674, Nov 76

This paper reports a test of Easterlin's (1973) hypothesis that marital fertility is more a function of relative than actual income. Results indicate actual income exercised a significant positive effect on marital fertility at all points in time while relative income did not. (Author)

Descriptors: Birth Rate, Family Income, Family Planning, Interpersonal Relationship, Research Projects, Socioeconomic Status

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