Growth of American Families: Married Women, 1955

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Growth of American Families: Married Women, 1955

Investigators: Arthur A. Campbell, Pascal K. Whelpton, and John E. Patterson

Publication Date: March 23, 2016

Growth of American Families: Married Women, 1955

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The Survey Research Center of the University of Michigan gathered data from married women on topics such as births and miscarriages, sterility, the use of contraception, and the desired number of children. One of the main purposes of the study was to gather information that would help to improve forecasts of numbers of births in the U.S. Interviews were conducted with 2,713 white married women aged 18 to 39, living with their husbands or temporarily separated due to the husband's service in the armed forces. The sample was restricted to white women due to the researchers' limited resources for the field work. Young single women also were interviewed to determine their ideas on marriage and desired family size. The data on the single women are archived as DAAPPP Data Set No. 42. Note for users of DAAPPP Data Sets #01-B1DAAPPP data sets 01 through B1 are comprised of a User's Guide, SPSS syntax files (*.SPS or *.SPX) and raw data files only. Most of these datasets contain SPSS syntax files that use Job Control Language (JCL) from 1980s versions of SPSS-X. Because the syntax is old, the syntax files require editing to conform to the current syntax standards used by SPSS/Windows or SPSS/Unix. If you require technical assistance in using or editing these syntax files, please contact Sociometrics' Data Support Group at 800.846.3475 or socio@socio.com.

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