Date of Award
1975
College
College of Education
Type of Degree
M.A.
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
Carole Vickers
Abstract
The birth rate in the United States has been declining over the past years from a peak reached in 1957. It is apparent that during the past twenty years increasing numbers of couples have made decisions to limit family size; moreover, the decisions could be easily and effectively implemented with use of modern contraceptive methods. Tubal ligations and vasecetomy have further served to implement decisions to end fertility permanently for millions of couples. In recent years, legal abortion has extended the decision period beyond the point of conception.
Subject(s)
Childbirth -- West Virginia -- Huntington.
Fertility, Human -- West Virginia -- Huntington.
Family size -- West Virginia -- Huntington.
Recommended Citation
McRoberts, Sylvia Lutz, "The Influence of economic and non-economic factors on decisions to limit family size by wives' educational level in Huntington, West Virginia" (1975). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones. 2095.
https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/2095
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