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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Urban Influence on the Fertility and Employment Patterns of Women Living in Homogeneous Areas
Contributor:
Tarver, James D.;
Cyrus, Cathy;
Kiser, Kenneth;
Lee, Che-Fu;
Moran, Robert
imprint:
National Council on Family Relations, 1970
Published in:Journal of Marriage and Family
Language:
English
ISSN:
0022-2445;
1741-3737
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<p>Historically, vast rural-urban differences undoubtedly existed in the fertility and employment characteristics of women in this country. This study was designed to compare and contrast differences which existed in 1960 in a sample of homogeneous counties in the United States. The findings indicate that both city-size and distance from the selected metropolitan centers do affect the proportionate number of employed females; the percentage employed declines consistently with distance and increases consistently with city-size. The fertility of women increased consistently with distance from the metropolitan centers but fluctuated irregularly with increasing size of central city. Thus, the great rural-urban differences in the fertility and employment patterns of women that once existed have undoubtedly diminished, although they have not entirely vanished with the passage of time.</p>