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Has the college experience of women been an influence on the number of children desired and the number and spacing of their children? Do women come to college with their attitudes and values in this regard already formed? This study of 15,000 women, freshmen and seniors in 45 American colleges and universities, both secular and nonsecular, attempts to answer this question and to determine how such characteristics as religious preference, career intentions, and the number of children in her own family influence a woman's fertility values. Attention is paid to an earlier finding that Catholic college graduates have higher fertility than Catholic high school graduates, although higher education is usually associated with lower fertility. Originally published in 1967. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Author:   Charles F. Westoff ,  Raymond H. Potvin
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780691623375

ISBN 10:   0691623376
Pages:   258
Publication Date:   08 December 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

*Frontmatter, pg. i*Foreword, pg. v*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*Tables, pg. xi*1. Background, Scope, and Method, pg. 3*2. Types of Colleges and Family-Size Preferences, pg. 21*3. Higher Education and Family-Size Preferences, pg. 29*4. Higher Education and Family-Planning Intentions, pg. 50*5. Higher Education and Fertility Values within Selected Controls, pg. 60*6. Higher Education and Some Beliefs about Marriage, Family, and Career, pg. 87*7. Conclusions and Discussion of the Effects of Higher Education, pg. 120*8. Social and Personal Characteristics and Fertility Values, pg. 129*9. Beliefs, Family-Size Preferences, and Family-Planning Intentions, pg. 163*10. Intergroup Distances and Belief Structures, pg. 191*11. Multivariate Analyses of Correlates of Family-Size Preferences, pg. 204*12. Conclusions and Discussion of Factors Affecting Fertility Values, pg. 220*Appendix, pg. 225*Index, pg. 235

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