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Postponement of the First Birth: Patterns of Childbearing in an Educated Group of Women, 1980

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Title Postponement of the First Birth: Patterns of Childbearing in an Educated Group of Women, 1980
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/6CNQRI
 
Creator Foltz, Deane (Coombs)
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description This follow-up study was designed to investigate women's childbearing choices, specifically factors which influence the timing of the first birth. The study involved both the secondary analysis of data collected by Hoffman in 1974, and the collection of follow-up data in 1980 from Hoffman's participants. Hoffman's 1974 study was a follow-up of Horner's 1965 fear of success sample.




Of the 86 women who had participated in Hoffman's 1974 study, 58 participated in this follow-up study. The average age of the 1980 respondents was 33.5 years, and all but one were college graduates. Forty-five were married, and 44 were working.



Data collection was carried out by means of a 28-page mailed questionnaire. Variables assessed included number of children, reasons for having children and/or plans to have children in the future, satisfaction with timing of parenthood, actual or anticipated changes due to parenthood, marital status and marital satisfaction, work history, current work status, career plans, income and spouse's income, and report of changes in personal goals since 1974.




The Murray Research Archive holds all. The Murray Archive holds additional analogue materials for this study: Original record paper data; data from all three datasets (Horner, 1965, Log# 00075; Hoffman, 1974, Log# 00014; and Foltz, 1980, Log# 00615) which yields three waves of data collection. If you would like to access this material, please apply to use the data.
 
Subject Social Sciences
 
Relation Horner, Matina Souretis, 1965, "Sex differences in college students in achievement motivation and performance in competitive and non-competitive situations, 1965", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/UKEZ3M, Harvard Dataverse




Hoffman, Lois Wladis, 1978, "Michigan Follow-Up of Horner's 1965 Study: Sex Differences in College Students in Achievement Motivation and Performance, 1974", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/WEJLLI, Harvard Dataverse
 
Type follow-up, field study