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The Relation Between Female Labor Force Participation and Ferti Lity

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  • Elizabeth Maret Havens

    (Texas Tech University)

  • Jack P. Gibbs

    (University of Arizona)

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Numerous investigators have reported evidence of an mverse relation between female labor force participation and fertility rates; but the relation has never been systematically derived from a theory, and recognition that it is neither close nor invariant complicates the matter. This paper states a theory from which the relation can be derived, and the theory extends to a testable generalization about variability in the relation. The theory asserts that the relation is contingent on the "career labor force participation" of females; briefly, the greater such participation is in a universe of populations, the more inverse is the relation between female labor force participation and fertility rates. A test based on data for Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (1960) is consistent with the theory.

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  • Elizabeth Maret Havens & Jack P. Gibbs, 1975. "The Relation Between Female Labor Force Participation and Ferti Lity," Sociological Methods & Research, , vol. 3(3), pages 258-290, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:somere:v:3:y:1975:i:3:p:258-290
    DOI: 10.1177/004912417500300302
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