Mexican American Fertility Patterns

by Frank D. Bean and Gray Swicegood

Book Overview

The Mexican American population is the fastest growing major racial/ethnic group in the United States. During the decade 1970-1980, the Mexican origin population increased from 4.5 million to 8.7 million persons. High fertility, not immigration, was responsible for nearly two-thirds of this growth.

Recent and historical evidence shows that women of Mexican origin or descent bear significantly more children than other white women in the United...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292739834
• ISBN13: 9780292739833
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"