Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Foundation Website
  • Journal Home
  • Issues
    • Current Issue
    • All Issues
    • Future Issues
  • For Authors and Editors
    • Overview of RSF & How to Propose an Issue
    • RSF Style and Submission Guidelines
    • Article Submission Checklist
    • Permission Request Form for Authors to Request Permission from other Publishers
    • Terms of Contributor Agreement Form and Transfer of Copyright
    • RSF Contributor Agreement Form
    • Issue Editors' Agreement Form
    • RSF Policy on the Use of AI
  • About the Journal
    • Mission Statement
    • Editorial Board
    • Comments and Replies Policy
    • Journal Code of Ethics
    • Current Calls for Articles
    • Closed Calls for Articles
    • Abstracting and Indexing
    • Privacy Policy
    • Copyright and ISSN Information
    • Terms of Use
    • Contact Us
  • Publications
    • rsf

User menu

  • Log in

Search

  • Advanced search
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
  • Publications
    • rsf
  • Log in
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences

Advanced Search

  • Foundation Website
  • Journal Home
  • Issues
    • Current Issue
    • All Issues
    • Future Issues
  • For Authors and Editors
    • Overview of RSF & How to Propose an Issue
    • RSF Style and Submission Guidelines
    • Article Submission Checklist
    • Permission Request Form for Authors to Request Permission from other Publishers
    • Terms of Contributor Agreement Form and Transfer of Copyright
    • RSF Contributor Agreement Form
    • Issue Editors' Agreement Form
    • RSF Policy on the Use of AI
  • About the Journal
    • Mission Statement
    • Editorial Board
    • Comments and Replies Policy
    • Journal Code of Ethics
    • Current Calls for Articles
    • Closed Calls for Articles
    • Abstracting and Indexing
    • Privacy Policy
    • Copyright and ISSN Information
    • Terms of Use
    • Contact Us
  • Follow rsf on Twitter
  • Visit rsf on Facebook
  • Follow rsf on Google Plus
Research ArticleII. Social Consequences of the Great Recession
Open Access

Non-marital and Teen Fertility and Contraception During the Great Recession

Daniel Schneider
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences April 2017, 3 (3) 126-144; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2017.3.3.06
Daniel Schneider
aAssistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • Article
  • Figures & Data
  • References
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF
Loading

REFERENCES

  1. ↵
    1. Adsera, Alicia
    . 2004. “Changing Fertility Rates in Developed Countries: The Impact of Labor Market Institutions.” Journal of Population Economics 17(1): 17–43.
    OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
  2. ↵
    1. Ananat, Elizabeth Oltmans,
    2. Anna Gassman-Pines, , and
    3. Cristina Gibson-Davis
    . 2013. “Community-Wide Job Loss and Teenage Fertility: Evidence from North Carolina.” Demography 50(6): 2151–71.
    OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed
  3. ↵
    1. Augustine, Jennifer March,
    2. Timothy Nelson, , and
    3. Kathryn Edin
    . 2009. “Why Do Poor Men Have Children? Fertility Intentions Among Low-Income Unmarried U.S. Fathers.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 624(1): 99–117.
    OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
  4. ↵
    Becker, Gary. 1960. “An Economic Analysis of Fertility.” In Demographic and Economic Change in Developed Countries, edited by the Universities-National Bureau Committee for Economic Research (George J. Stigler, chairman). New York: Columbia University Press.
  5. ↵
    1. Billy, John, and
    2. David Moore
    . 1992. “A Multilevel Analysis of Marital and Nonmarital Fertility in the U.S.” Social Forces 70(4): 977–1011.
    OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
  6. ↵
    1. Bitler, Marianne, and
    2. Hilary Hoynes
    . 2010. “The State of the Safety Net in the Post-welfare Reform Era.” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 2010(Fall): 71–127.
    OpenUrl
  7. ↵
    Bloem, Adriaan, Robert Dippelsman, and Nils Maehle. 2001. Quarterly National Accounts Manual: Concepts, Data Sources, and Compilation. Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Fund.
  8. ↵
    1. Butz, William P., and
    2. Michael P Ward
    . 1979. “The Emergence of Countercyclical US Fertility.” American Economic Review 69(3): 318–28.
    OpenUrl
  9. ↵
    1. Cherlin, Andrew,
    2. Elizabeth Cumberworth, ,
    3. Stephen Morgan, , and
    4. Christopher Wimer
    . 2013. “The Effects of the Great Recession on Family Structure and Fertility.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 650(1): 214–31.
    OpenUrlCrossRef
  10. ↵
    1. Conger, Rand,
    2. Martha Reuter, , and
    3. Glen Elder
    . 1999. “Couple Resilience to Economic Pressure.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 76(1): 54–71.
    OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
  11. ↵
    1. Currie, Janet, and
    2. Hillary Schwandt
    . 2014. “Short- and Long-Term Effects of Unemployment on Fertility.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111(41): 14734–39.
    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
  12. ↵
    Edin, Kathryn, Paula England, Emily Fitzgibbons Shafer, and Joanna Reed. 2007. “Forming Fragile Families: Was the Baby Planned, Unplanned, or In Between?” In Unmarried Couples with Children, edited by Paula England and Kathryn Edin. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
  13. ↵
    Edin, Kathryn, and Maria Kefalas. 2005. Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage. Berkeley: University of California Press.
  14. ↵
    England, Paula, Elizabeth McClintock, and Emily Fitzgibbons Shafer. 2011. “Class Differences in Birth Control Use and Unintended Pregnancies.” In Social Class and Changing Families in an Unequal America, edited by Marcia Carlson and Paula England. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press.
  15. ↵
    1. Finer, Lawrence, and
    2. Stanley Henshaw
    . 2006. “Disparities in Rates of Unintended Pregnancy in the United States, 1994 and 2001.” Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 38(2): 90–96.
    OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
  16. ↵
    1. Finer, Lawrence,
    2. Jenna Jerman, , and
    3. Megan L. Kavanaugh
    . 2012. “Changes in Use of Long-Acting Contraceptive Methods in the United States, 2007–2009.” Fertility and Sterility 98(4): 893–97.
    OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed
  17. ↵
    1. Gassman-Pines, Anna,
    2. Christina Gibson-Davis, , and
    3. Elizabeth Ananat
    . 2015. “How Economic Downturns Affect Children’s Development: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Pathways of Influence.” Child Development Perspectives 9(4): 233–38.
    OpenUrl
  18. ↵
    1. Gibson-Davis, Cristina
    . 2009. “Money, Marriage, and Children: Testing the Financial Expectations and Family Formation Theory.” Journal of Marriage and Family 71(1): 146–60.
    OpenUrlCrossRef
  19. ↵
    Gold, Rachel. 2009. A Real-Time Look at the Impact of the Recession on Women’s Family Planning and Pregnancy Decisions. New York: Guttmacher Institute.
  20. ↵
    Gregory, Sean. 2009. “What Sells in a Recession? Canned Goods and Condoms.” Time, March 11, 2009.
  21. ↵
    1. Groves, Robert,
    2. William Mosher, ,
    3. James Lepwoski, , and
    4. Nicole Kirgis
    . 2009. “Planning and Development of the Continuous National Survey of Family Growth.” Vital and Health Statistics 1(48): 1–64.
    OpenUrl
  22. ↵
    1. Kearney, Melissa, and
    2. Phillip Levine
    . 2009. “Subsidized Contraception, Fertility, and Sexual Behavior.” Review of Economics and Statistics 91(1): 137–51.
    OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed
  23. ↵
    1. Kearney, Melissa, and
    2. Phillip Levine
    . 2014. “Income Inequality and Early Non-marital Childbearing.” Journal of Human Resources 49(1): 1–31.
    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
  24. ↵
    1. Kearney, Melissa, and
    2. Phillip Levine
    . 2015. “Investigating Recent Trends in the U.S. Teen Birth Rate.” Journal of Health Economics 41(C): 15–29.
    OpenUrl
  25. ↵
    Livingston, Gretchen. 2011. “In a Down Economy, Fewer Births.” Technical report. Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center. Available at: http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2011/10/12/in-a-down-economy-fewer-births; accessed August 7, 2016.
  26. ↵
    Livingston, Gretchen, and D’Vera Cohn. 2010. “US Birth Rate Decline Linked to Great Recession.” Pew Research Center. Available at: http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2010/04/06/us-birth-rate-decline-linked-to-recession; accessed October 14, 2016.
  27. ↵
    1. Lovenheim, Michael, and
    2. Kevin Mumford
    . 2013. “Do Family Wealth Shocks Affect Fertility Choices? Evidence from the Housing Market.” Review of Economics and Statistics 95(2): 464–75.
    OpenUrlCrossRef
  28. ↵
    1. Macunovich, Diane
    . 1996. “Relative Income and Price of Time: Exploring Their Effects on US Fertility and Female Labor Force Participation.” Population and Development Review 22(Supp.): 223–57.
    OpenUrlCrossRef
  29. ↵
    1. Miller, Warren,
    2. Jennifer Barber, , and
    3. Heather Gatny
    . 2013. “The Effects of Ambivalent Fertility Desires on Pregnancy Risk in Young Women in the USA.” Population Studies 67(1): 25–38.
    OpenUrl
  30. ↵
    Morgan, S. Phillip, Erin Cumberworth, and Christopher Wimer. 2011. “The Great Recession’s Influence on Fertility, Marriage, Divorce, and Cohabitation.” In The Great Recession, edited by David Grusky, Bruce Western, and Christopher Wimer. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
  31. ↵
    1. Musick, Kelly,
    2. Paula England, ,
    3. Sarah Edgington, , and
    4. Nicole Kangas
    . 2009. “Education Differences in Intended and Unintended Fertility.” Social Forces 88(2): 543–72.
    OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
  32. ↵
    1. Najari, Bobby,
    2. Peter N. Schlegel, , and
    3. Marc Goldstein
    . 2014. “National Vasectomy Rates and Family Planning Attitudes After the Great Recession.” Fertility and Sterility 102(3): e12.
    OpenUrl
  33. ↵
    1. Nepomnaschy, Pablo,
    2. Kathleen Welch, ,
    3. Daniel McConnell, ,
    4. Bobbi Low, ,
    5. Beverly Strassman, , and
    6. Barry England
    . 2006. “Cortisol Levels and Very Early Pregnancy Loss in Humans.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103(10): 3938–3942.
    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
  34. ↵
    1. Pazol, Karen,
    2. Andreea A. Creanga, ,
    3. Kim Burley, , and
    4. Denise Jamieson
    . 2014. “Abortion Surveillance—United States, 2011.” Surveillance Summaries 63(SS11): 1–41.
    OpenUrl
  35. ↵
    1. Pilkauskas, Natasha,
    2. Janet Currie, , and
    3. Irwin Garfinkel
    . 2012. “The Great Recession, Public Transfers, and Material Hardship.” Social Service Review 86(3): 401–27.
    OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed
  36. ↵
    Rindfuss, Ronald, S. Philip Morgan, and Gray Swicegood. 1988. First Births in America: Changes in the Timing of Parenthood. Berkeley: University of California Press.
  37. ↵
    Sawhill, Isabel. 2014. Generation Unbound: Drifting into Sex and Parenthood Without Marriage. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press.
  38. ↵
    1. Schaller, Jessamyn
    . 2016. “Booms, Busts, and Fertility: Testing the Becker Model of Gender-Specific Labor Demand.” Journal of Human Resources 51(1): 1–29.
    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
  39. ↵
    1. Schneider, Daniel
    . 2015. “The Great Recession, Fertility, and Uncertainty: Evidence from the States.” Journal of Marriage and Family 77(5): 1144–56.
    OpenUrl
  40. ↵
    1. Schneider, Daniel,
    2. Kristin Harknett, , and
    3. Sara McLanahan
    . 2016. “Intimate Partner Violence in the Great Recession.” Demography 53(2): 471–505.
    OpenUrl
  41. ↵
    1. Schneider, Daniel, and
    2. Orestes Hastings
    . 2015. “Socio-economic Variation in the Demographic Response to Economic Shocks: Evidence from the Great Recession.” Demography 52(6): 1893–1915.
    OpenUrl
  42. ↵
    1. Sobotka, Tomas,
    2. Vegard Skirbekk, , and
    3. Dimiter Philipov
    . 2011. “Economic Recession and Fertility in the Developed World.” Population and Development Review 37(2): 267–306.
    OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed
  43. ↵
    Trussell, James. 2011. “Contraceptive Efficacy.” In Contraceptive Technology, 20th rev. ed., edited by Robert A. Hatcher, James Trussell, Anita L. Nelson, Willard Cates, Jr., Felicia H. Stewart, and Deborah Kowal. New York: Ardent Media.
  44. ↵
    1. Yoo, Sam Hyun,
    2. Karen Benjamin Guzzo, , and
    3. Sarah R. Hayford
    . 2014. “Understanding the Complexity of Ambivalence Toward Pregnancy: Does It Predict Inconsistent Use of Contraception?” Biodemography and Social Biology 60(1): 49–66.
    OpenUrl
PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences: 3 (3)
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
Vol. 3, Issue 3
1 Apr 2017
  • Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents (PDF)
  • Cover (PDF)
  • Index by author
Print
Download PDF
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Non-marital and Teen Fertility and Contraception During the Great Recession
(Your Name) has sent you a message from RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences web site.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
11 + 2 =
Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.
Citation Tools
Non-marital and Teen Fertility and Contraception During the Great Recession
Daniel Schneider
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Apr 2017, 3 (3) 126-144; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2017.3.3.06

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Share
Non-marital and Teen Fertility and Contraception During the Great Recession
Daniel Schneider
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Apr 2017, 3 (3) 126-144; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2017.3.3.06
del.icio.us logo Twitter logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One

Jump to section

  • Article
    • Abstract
    • FERTILITY IN THE GREAT RECESSION
    • PLAN OF ANALYSIS
    • DATA AND METHODS
    • RESULTS
    • DISCUSSION
    • Acknowledgments
    • FOOTNOTES
    • REFERENCES
  • Figures & Data
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • No related articles found.
  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • No citing articles found.
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • Why Did People Move During the Great Recession? The Role of Economics in Migration Decisions
  • Who Suffered Most from the Great Recession? Happiness in the United States
  • Labor Unions and the Great Recession
Show more II. Social Consequences of the Great Recession

Similar Articles

Keywords

  • non-marital fertility
  • teen fertility
  • contraception
  • recession

© 2026 RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences

Powered by HighWire