TY - JOUR
T1 - Further Evidence of Within-Marriage Fertility Control in Pre-Transitional England
AU - Cinnirella, Francesco
AU - Klemp, Marc Patrick Brag
AU - Weisdorf, Jacob
PY - 2019/8/15
Y1 - 2019/8/15
N2 - The identification of parity effects on the hazard of a next birth in cross-family data requires accounting for heterogeneity in fecundity across couples. In a previously published article, Cinnirella et al. Demography, 54, 413–436 (2017), we stratified duration models at the maternal level for this purpose and found that the hazard of a next birth decreases with rising parity in historical England. Clark and Cummins Demography, 56 (2019) took issue with this finding, claiming that the result is a statistical artifact caused by stratification at the maternal level. This reply documents that our previous finding is robust to addressing Clark and Cummins’ critique.
AB - The identification of parity effects on the hazard of a next birth in cross-family data requires accounting for heterogeneity in fecundity across couples. In a previously published article, Cinnirella et al. Demography, 54, 413–436 (2017), we stratified duration models at the maternal level for this purpose and found that the hazard of a next birth decreases with rising parity in historical England. Clark and Cummins Demography, 56 (2019) took issue with this finding, claiming that the result is a statistical artifact caused by stratification at the maternal level. This reply documents that our previous finding is robust to addressing Clark and Cummins’ critique.
KW - Birth control
KW - Birth interval
KW - Fertility limitation
KW - Preventive check
KW - Spacing
U2 - 10.1007/s13524-019-00787-1
DO - 10.1007/s13524-019-00787-1
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 31190313
AN - SCOPUS:85068078949
SN - 0070-3370
VL - 56
SP - 1557
EP - 1572
JO - Demography
JF - Demography
IS - 4
ER -