Avery M. Guest
Social Structure and U.S. Inter-State Fertility Differentials in 1900
University of Washington
paper investigates importance agricultural land shortages versus modernization society influencing interstate differentials fertility 1900 united states midtransition urbanization manufacturing characteristics states strongest correlates variations index total fertility urbanindustrialism depressed probability marriage marital fertility modern characteristics american states also important understanding variations marital fertility low labor force employment children farm mechanization integrally related characteristics seemed depress levels marital fertility many parts united states independent urbanindustrial system agricultural land opportunity little overall effect marital fertility however quite important understanding variations patterns marriage