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Title: Fertility of American women: June 1981 (advance report).
Author: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Journal: Curr Popul Rep Popul Charact; 1982 Mar; (369):1-4. PubMed ID: 12158809.
Abstract:
An advance report is presented of statistics on the actual and expected fertility experience of American women based on data collected in the June 1981 Current Population Survey (CPS). The average number of lifetime births expected by all women aged 18-34 in 1981 regardless of marital status was 2048/1000 women, a slight decline since 1976. The lifetime birth expectation for currently married women aged 18-34 was 3.1 in 1967, 2.6 in 1971, and 2.2 in 1979 and 1981. Single women aged 18-34 in 1981 expected only 1.8 births/woman on average, and 20.5% expected no births at all. Overall, 10.9% of women aged 18-34 expected to have no births. The number of births to date and lifetime births expected per 1000 white, black, and Hispanic origin women aged 18-34 respectively were 1073 and 2024; 1576 and 2207; and 1479 and 2343. Lifetime birth expectations of women 18-34 differed by labor force status, occupation, and educational level. Women in the labor force had 855 births/1000 women to date and expected 1902, while women not in the labor force had 1708 and expected 2347. Professionals and managers and administrators already had 621/1000 women and expected 1707/1000, blue collar workers had 1161/1000 and expected 1930, and farm workers had 1342 and expected 2443. 19.0% of professional women expected no births. Lifetime birth expectations decreased with family income from 2290/1000 for families earning under $5000 to 1961/1000 for families earning $25,000 or over. 36.7% of all women aged 18-44 were childless, as were 56.6% aged 18-29, 15.0% aged 30-44, 38.0% of white women, 27.2% of black women, and 29.4% of Spanish origin women. 44.8% of women in the labor force and 20.0% not in the labor force were childless, as were 30.7% whose family income was under $5000 and 40.0% whose income was over $25,000. The national fertility rate in 1981 was 70.9 births/1000 women aged 18-44. Nearly 3/4 of all births in 1981 occurred to women under 30, with 40% occurring to women 18-24 years old. Of the estimated 3.4 million women 18-44 who had a child in the year preceding the June 1981 survey, 38% had a 1st birth. Birth rates/1000 women were 68.5 for whites, 81.3 for blacks, and 99.2 for Spanish origin women. The fertility rate for women with at least 4 years of college was 64.7/1000 compared to 88.2/1000 for women not finishing high school. Delayed childbearing was most prevalent among the most highly educated women. Racial differences were marked, the fertility rate in poverty areas was 83.0/1000 compared to 68.5/1000 in nonpoverty areas, and the rate in the west, 79.8/1000, was higher than that of other regions. The estimates are subject to sampling variability as well as other sources of error.

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