Filters: Department: "Family & Consumer Studies" Format: "application/pdf" Collection: "ir_uspace" Subject: "Fertility"
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Wolfinger, Nicholas H. | Alone in the ivory tower: how birth events vary among male and female fast-track professionals | We use data from the 2000 Census Public Use Microsample to examine the likelihood of a birth event, defined as the household presence of a child under two years old, for male and female professionals. Physicians have the highest rate of birth events, followed in order by attorneys and academics. W... | Fertility; Family; Occupation; Academic careers; Census | 2009-06-10 |
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McDaniel, Susan | Estimates of the rate of illegal abortion and the effects of eliminating therapeutic abortion, Alberta 1973-74* | In the current controversy surrounding abortion, rates of illegal abortion, being difficult to ascertain, seldom inform the debate. We utilize a relatively new survey tool, the randomized response technique (RRT), to estimate rates of illegal abortion in Edmonton, Alberta. A comparison of results o... | Birth; Health; RRT; Fertility | 1979 |
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McDaniel, Susan | Estimates of the rate of illegal abortion and the effects of eliminating therapeutic abortion, Alberta 1973-74* | In the current controversy surrounding abortion, rates of illegal abortion, being difficult to ascertain, seldom inform the debate. We utilize a relatively new survey tool, the randomized response technique (RRT), to estimate rates of illegal abortion in Edmonton, Alberta. A comparison of results o... | Birth; Health; RRT; Fertility | 1979 |
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Smith, Ken R. | Fertility and post-reproductive longevity | We examine the effects of reproduction on longevity among mothers and fathers after age 60. This study is motivated by evolutionary theories of aging and theories predicting social benefits and costs of children to older parents. We use the Utah Population Database, that includes a large genealogic... | Fertility; Post-reproductiivity; Longevity | 2002 |
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Smith, Ken R. | Fertility intentions following testing for a BRCA1 gene mutation | Objective: To test whether fertility intentions differed among persons who tested positive, tested negative, or did not know their genetic status for a mutation of the BRCA1 gene. Method: Participants were members of a large Utah-based kindred with an identified mutation at the BRCA1 locus. Particip... | Genetic testing; Fertility; Risk notification: BRCA1 | 2004 |
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