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RINDFUSS and LARRY L. BUMPASS Age has received r a t h e r little attention from the sociology of fertility e v e n though it is a basic variable in t h e d e m o g r a p h y of that subject. T h e biological features of the age p a t t e r n of fertility are well k n o w n . After mena r c h e , the ability to r e p r o d u c e increases with age to a plateau in the t w e n t i e s a n d then declines at an accelerating p a c e until m e n o p a u s e is r e a c h e d . T h e level and s h a p e of the schedules v a r y , b u t m a r k e d age variations in fertility are found in all p o p u l a t i o n s , with the c o n s e q u e n c e that age is routinely t a k e n into a c c o u n t in fertility a n a l y s e s .
Pp. 69-84 in C. F. ), Toward the End of Growth. : Prentice-Hall. S. Bureau of the Census 1963a Census of Population: 1960, Subject Reports, Final Report PC(2)-1B, Spanish Surname Population. S. Government Printing Office. 1963b Census of Population: 1960, Subject Reports, Final Report PC(2)-1C, Nonwhite Population by Race. S. Government Printing Office. 1963c Census of Population: 1960, Subject Reports, Final Report PC(2)-1D, Puerto Ricans in the United States. S. Government Printing Office. 1966 Census of Population: 1960, Subject Reports, Final Report PC(2)-4E, Marital Status.
Although age differences in marital fertility are readily explained by differential fecundity in the a b s e n c e of c o n t r a c e p t i o n , fecundity n e e d not h a v e a major effect in low fertility p o p u l a t i o n s . N e v e r t h e l e s s , the c o m m o n u n d e r s t a n d 2 The analysis reported here was supported in part by a NIH grant, No. HD07682, and by a CPR grant No. HD05876 to the Center for Demography and Ecology, as well as NIMH Grant No. MH-24807. Other factors such as age at marriage patterns and widow remarriage sometimes play an important role in the shape of total fertility schedules.