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Description & Citation--Study No. 4698

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:4698
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04698
 
Title:Low-Fertility Cohorts Study, 1978: A Survey of White, Ever-Married Women Belonging to the 1901-1910 United States Birth Cohorts
 
Principal Investigator(s):Jeanne C. Ridley, Georgetown University
 
Funding Agency:National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
 
Grant Number:NICHD RO1-HD15188
 
Bibliographic Citation:Ridley, Jeanne C. LOW-FERTILITY COHORTS STUDY, 1978: A SURVEY OF WHITE, EVER-MARRIED WOMEN BELONGING TO THE 1901-1910 UNITED STATES BIRTH COHORTS [Computer file]. ICPSR04698-v1. Washington, DC: Georgetown University, Center for Population Research [producer], 1978. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2007-08-13. doi:10.3886/ICPSR04698
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This study is comprised of personal interviews of white, ever-married women born between July 1, 1900, and June 30, 1910. In 1978, a national survey of 1,049 married women between the ages of 68 and 78 were interviewed between the months of March and July in order to investigate low fertility during the 1920s and 1930s and the women of childbearing age during those decades. In addition to the general purpose, the study was designed to gather information to test specific hypotheses concerning demographic and socioeconomic differentials in fertility, the prevalence of contraceptive practice and the methods employed, the extent to which subfecundity and sterility may have contributed to low fertility, and the timing patterns and childbearing pace of the time. The interview collected information on each respondent's family planning, contraception usage, pregnancy history, fecundity, infertility, fertility, and maternal and infant health. Besides demographic characteristics and background information about the respondents, information was also gathered on their household composition, their husband(s), marriages, and areas of residency.
 
Subject Term(s):birth control, contraception, family planning, family size, fathers, fecundity, fertility, household composition, infant health, infertility, marriage, maternal health, mothers, pregnancy, pregnancy history, sexual behavior
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Time Period:1901 - 1978
 
Date(s) of Collection:1978
 
Unit of Observation:individual
 
Universe:White, ever-married women born between July 1, 1900, and June 30, 1910
 
Data Type:survey data
 

Methodology

Sample:The sampling frame was designed as a multistage probability sample of households in the coterminous United States. Excluded from the sample were women residing in institutions, women marrying for the first time after age 45, and foreign-born women who migrated to the United States after reaching age 30.
 
Mode of Data Collection:face-to-face interview
 
  phone interview
 
  mailing questionnaire
 
Extent of Processing:CONCHK.PR/ FREQ.PR/ UNDOCCHK.PR/ MDATA.PR/ REFORM.DOC
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:2007-08-13
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Low-Fertility Cohorts Study, 1978: A Survey of White, Ever-Married Women Belonging to the 1901-1910 United States Birth Cohorts
 

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