Deciding to Wait: Partnership Status, Economic Conditions, and Pregnancy during the Great Recession

The Great Recession was associated with reduced fertility in the United States. Many questions about the dynamics underlying this reduction remain unanswered, however, including whether reduced fertility rates were driven by decreases in intended or unplanned pregnancies. Using restricted data from...

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Main Authors: Christine Percheski, Rachel Tolbert Kimbro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Sociological Science 2017-02-01
Series:Sociological Science
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Online Access:https://www.sociologicalscience.com/articles-v4-8-176/