Dr. Reanne Frank, Department of Sociology
Rank at time of award: Associate Professor
and
Dr. Kristi Williams, Department of Sociology
Rank at time of award: Associate Professor
Abstract
US births are now disproportionately Hispanic (one quarter of the nation’s births in 2008) and 16% are to Mexican-American mothers alone (who only make up 10% of the total U.S. population) (Martin et al. 2010). In fact, births have recently overtaken migration as the main source of population growth among the Mexican-Origin population, accounting for 63 percent of the 11.2 million increase over the last decade (2000-2010) (Pew Hispanic Center 2011). In this proposal we examine patterns of two fertility behaviors frequently overshadowed by the high number of Mexican-Origin births, namely the timing and marital context of fertility. This work is significant because of the critical role that current Mexican-Origin fertility will play in shaping the demographic landscape of the United States for years to come.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Kroeger, Rhiannon,* Reanne Frank and Kammi Schmeer. 2015. “Educational Attainment and Timing to First Union across Three Generations of Mexican Women.” Population Research and Policy Review 34(3): 417-435. PMCID: PMC4437640