Social Sciences
8 years ago

Married couples increasingly planning births, shaping future family dynamics.

Family Planning Perspectives
Planning Status of Marital Births, 1975-1976
John E. Anderson

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Fertility rates in the US dropped in the 1970s due to more people using birth control. A study looked at married women's fertility in 1975-1976. They found that more planned births were happening, even though overall fertility was going down. There were still differences in fertility rates and how well people could control when they had kids.