Consensual unions and fertility
In. Stycos, J. Mayone. Human fertility in Latin America: sociological perspective. Ithaca, Cornell University, 1968. p.202-14.
Monography
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ABSTRACT
Census data were examined for Puerto Rico and Jamaica in an attempt to deal with the question of a relation between consensual unions and fertility in Latin America. The Puerto Rican women were found to be much more prolific than the Jamaican women. They began reproduction earlier and continued reproduction at higher rates. However, the fertility of single Jamaican women is higher than that of single Puerto Ricans; the fertility of married Jamaicans is only slightly lower, while the fertility of the consensually married is much lower. It appears that the common law union in Jamaica is less stable than in Puerto Rico. The high incidence of single and consensually mated women in Jamaica is largely responsible for the lower rates of birth. In contrast to the Jamaican women, Puerto Rican women in consensual unions show higher fertility than married women, the relationship decreasing with age. Consensual unions may be the result of accidental pregnancies more frequently than are marriages, but in time the more fertile unions may be legalized. However, the fertility differentials by marital status are particularly marked among the urban, working, and better educated women
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Base de dados:
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Assunto principal:
Casamento
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Taxa de Fecundidade
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Equity_inequality
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe ingles
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Jamaica
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1968
Tipo de documento:
Monography
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos