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- Title
Among Women Over 30, Rate of First Births Rose Strongly with Education.
- Authors
Rind, P.
- Abstract
The article looks at how the birthrate among women in their 30s increased during the period between 1980 and 1985, largely a result of an increase in the rate of first births among the most educated women. Educational attainment continues to be an important determinant of when women initiate childbearing in the U.S. Among women aged 20-24, the probability of having a first birth is five times greater for those who have not completed high school than for those with a college education. In contrast, among women aged 30-34, those with 16 or more years of education are more than twice as likely to have a first birth as are those with 11 or fewer years of schooling. These are some of the highlights of a 1990 National Center for Health Statistics report examining the relationship between fertility and education. Looking at rates of first births, the investigators observed that the rise between 1980 and 1985 in overall birthrates among women in their 30s was in large part a result of the rise in fist births among women with at least some college education.
- Subjects
UNITED States; BIRTH rate; WOMEN'S education; FERTILITY; UNITED States education system; HIGH schools
- Publication
Family Planning Perspectives, 1991, Vol 23, Issue 4, p189
- ISSN
0014-7354
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2135747