Birth Timing

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This paper uses two articles to discuss the methods that were used in the sources used, the results that the authors of the sources came to, and, finally, the sociological significance of these two studies. The two articles used in this paper are both from the "Journal of Marriage and the Family" and are entitled "Cohabitation, Marriage, and Entry into Motherhood" and "It Takes Two to Tango, Doesn't it?" "The Influence of Couple Characteristics on the Timing of the Birth of Their First Child." The articles are dated February 1995 and February 1996, respectively.

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"The first article, "Cohabitation, marriage, and entry into motherhood", was the result of a study conducted on 2,056 women in first unions and 1,763 married women. The National Survey of Families and Households is an organization that houses data about domestic issues for statistical purposes. This study ordered a review of "White (non-Hispanic) or African-American women who first married (or cohabited) between 1970 and 1984, who did not have a birth before union formation, and were less than 30 years old at the time of first marriage (or cohabitation)" (Manning, p. 193), which resulted in the 2,056 women in first unions and the 1,763 married women."

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