Vital and

Health Statistics

Birth and Fertility

by Education:

1980 and 1985

Series 21:

Data on Natality, Marriage,

Rates

and Divorce

No, 49

8irth and fertility rates by educational attainment of mother are shown for the

United States, geographic regions and divisions, and States for 1980 and 1985,

The report focuses on differentials in childbearing among educational

attainment groups and changes in fertility levels during the period, particularly

for well-educated older mothers. The information presented is derived from

entries on live-birth certificates from 47 States and the District of Columbia.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERvlCES

Public Health Service

Centers for Disease Control

National Center for Health Statistics

Hyattwille, Maryland

October 1990

DHHS Publication No. (PHS) 91–1927
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reproduced or copied without permission; citation es to source, however, is

appreciated.

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Lewis C, Ventura S. Sirth and fertility rates by education: 1980 and 1985

National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health Stat 21(49). 1990.

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Birth and fertility rates by education :1980 and 1985.

p. cm.—(Vltal and health statistics. Series 21, Data on natality, marriage,

and divorce ; no. 49) (DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 91–1 927)

By Caroline Lewis and Stephanie Ventura.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN O-840W14374

1. Childbirth-United State*Statistics. 2. Fertility, Human—United

States-Statistics. 3. Education-United Statee-Statistice. 1. Lewis, Caroline.

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and Epidemiology

Gail F. Fisher, Ph.D., Associate Director for Planning and

Extramural Programs

Peter L. Hurley, Associate Director for Vital and Health

Statistics Systems

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Charles J. Rothwell, Associate Director for Data Processing

and Services

Monroe G. Sirken, Ph.D., Associtie Director for Research

and Methodology

David L. Larson, Assistant Directo~ Atlanta

Division of Vital Statistics

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Introduction andsummary of findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Differentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Marital status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Proportions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Rates by specified race and geographic area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Measures offertility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

General fertility rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Age-specific birth rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Age-order-specific birth rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Birth probability.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

List ofdetadedt abbes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Appendixes

I. Sources ofdata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

IL Reliability of rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

List oftextfigu res

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Birth rates by age and educational attainment of mother: Total of47 reporting States and the District of

Columbia, 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

First-birth rates by age and educational attainment of mother: Total of47 reporting States and the District of

Columbia, 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

First-birthprobabilities byage and educational atta.inmen tofmothen Total of47reporting States andtheDistrict

ofColumbia, 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Birth rates for married mothers by age and educational attainment: Total of 47 reporting States and the District

of Columbia, 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

First-birth rates for married mothers by age and educational attainment: Total of 47 reporting States and the

District ofColumbia,1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Birth rates for unmarried mothers by age and educational attainment: Total of47 reporting States and the

District of Columbia, 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

First-birth rates for unmarried mothers by age and educational attainment: Total of 47 reporting States and the

District of Columbia, 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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reliability or precision
Birth and Fertility Rates by

Education: 1980 and 1985

by Caroline Lewis and Stephanie Ventura,

Division of Vital Statistics

Introduction and

summary of findings

The findings in this report suggest that college graduates are postponing childbearing to a period after what are

considered the prime childbearing years to pursue further

education and careers. Overall, women in their early hventies with college degrees experience lower levels of fertility

relative to their counterparts with fewer years of education.

Conversely, women in their thirties and early forties with 16

years or more of education have higher fertility rates than

their less educated counterparts. Trend data provide further evidence that this postponement is continuing. From

1980 to 1985, the first-birth rate for women in their early

twenties with college degrees fell 27 percent (horn 39.7 to

28.9 per 1,000 women) while this rate rose 19 percent

(from 29.8 to 35.6) for college graduates 30-34 years of age

and 42 percent (from 6.6 to 9.4) for those 35–39 years of

age. First-birth rates for older women with less education

increased as well but generally rose less than did the rates

for college graduates. These changes in first-birth rates

from 1980 to 1985 led to an increasing proportion of first

births to older women being to better educated women. No

consistent relationships between educational attainment

and fertility were observed for women who were not college

graduates.

In many studies of fertility behavior, such as number of

children ever born, timing of childbearing, and contraceptive use, the mother’s educational attainment has been used

as a measure of socioeconomic status. In these studies,

differentials among women according to such characteristics as the number of children they have had and the

interval between pregnancies are explored in terms of the

women’s educational attainment. This report, on the other

hand, focuses on differences in levels of fertili~ among

women according to their educational attainment, using

various population-based rates for 1980 and 1985. Educational attainment has long been considered the most important socioeconomic differential in fertility patterns.

Fertility differentials among population groups are affected in part by differences in age, marital status, educational attainment, and racial composition. Detailed

population data from the 1980 decennial census and the

June 1985 Current Population Survey permit computation

of fertility measures that control for these compositional

differences. Birth data on the mother’s educational attainment are derived from information on the birth certificate.

The measures of fertility used in this report are the general

fertility rate, age-specific birth rate, age-order-specific birth

rate, and first-birth probability. (For definitions, see

“Measures of fertility.”)

Rates by educational attainment of mother are shown

for the United States, geographic regions and divisions, and

States. Califomi% Texas, and Washington are not included

in this analysis because these States do not include educational attainment on their birth certificates. Because of the

omission of California and Washington from this analysis,

caution should be exercised when comparing the West

Region and the Pacific Division with other areas. Data for

the black population for these geographic areas have been

omitted altogether because of the absence of these two

populous States from the analysis. Caution also should be

exercised when making comparisons with the South Region

and West South Central Division because Texas is excluded

from this analysis. Caution should again be exercised in

cases where the rates are based on small numbers of births

andfor populations. This topic is discussed in appendixes I

and II.

More data are presented for 1980 than for 1985 because population data for 1980 are derived from a very

large sample of the decennial census, whereas 1985 data

are derived from the more limited Current Population

Survey.
Differentials

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Age-specific birth rates for 1985 according to educational attainment of mother are shown in figure 1. (Detailed data for 1980 and 1985 are presented in table 1.)

There is no consistent relationship between education and

fertility for all age groups. Rather, the relationships appear

to vary depending upon the age group considered. For ages

20–24, the rates generally decline with higher education.

For women ages 30-44 years, the fertility pattern is generally a U-shaped curve with rates declining from O–8 to 9–11

years of school and then increasing as educational attainment advances through 16 years or more of schooling.

Well-educated women in their early twenties are more

likely to delay marriage and family formation as they

become established in their careers. In 1988, 91 percent of

women ages 18–24 years who were college graduates were

childless (1). In contrast, many highly educated women

ages 30 years and over who had delayed the start of their

families are now experiencing relatively high fertility. It is

important to note that their fertility levels are relatively

high because it is clear from figures 1 and 2 that birth rates

are still highest for women in their twenties, regardless of

educational attainment. Consequently, this does not suggest that well-educated women in their thirties will have

larger completed families than their less educated counterparts, but rather reflects the fact that in recent years those

women in their thirties who are having their first child tend

to be very well educated (2).

Rates for women ages 25–29 years tend to be highest

for women with 1–3 years of college. Rates for teenage

mothers 15–19 years of age are highest for those who have

completed 12 years of education. Because many teenagers

have not yet completed all the schooling that they intend to

get, their rates are not as meaningful as rates for other age

groups and consequently are not shown in the figures or

discussed further in the text.

Age-specific first-birth rates for 1985 are presented

according to educational attainment of mother in figure 2.

(Detailed data are shown in table 2.) The relationships

between education and fertility for first births are similar to

those shown in figure 1 for all births. The first-birth rate

for women 20-24 years of age increases with education

until completion of high school and then declines for higher

levels of education. For mothers ages 25-44 years, firstbirth rates are generally higher for better educated women.

Figure 3 presents first-birth probabilities for childless

women by age and educati~nal attainment. (Detailed data

20-24 years

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Figure 1. Birth rates by age and educational attainment of mother: Total of 47 reporting States and the District of Columbia, 1S185

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Figure 3. First-birth probabilities by age and educational attainment of mother: Total of 47 reporting States and the District of Columbia,

1985

are shown in tabIe 3.) The first-birth probability is a refinement of the first-birth rate in that it relates first births only

to childless women, that is, women “at risk” of having a first

birth. For all childless women ages 2(!-24 years, first-birth

probabilities are lower for better educated women than for

those with less education. For women ages 25–29 years,

first-birth probabilities are fairly constant at a high level for

each educational attainment level. For chiIdless women in

their thirties, the chance of having a first baby increases

with education, as shown in figure 3. I

The increase in the first-birth probability for women in

their thirties who are college graduates compared with that

for women with 1–3 years of college is considerably smaller,

however, than the increase in the first-birth rate for college

graduates relative to those with 1–3 years of college. (See

figures 2 and 3.) The greater differential in the first-birth

rate according to educational attainment reflects the fact

that a substantially larger proportion of college graduates

than women with some college are childless. First-birth

rates for college graduates, therefore, tend to be elevated

above rates for women with less education.

Marital status

Figures 4-7 show the relationships between educational attainment and fertility for married and unmarried

mothers. (Deta.iIed data are shown in tables 4 and 5.) For

married mothers, the relationships observed are similar to

those shown in figures 1 and 2 for all mothers. In general,

fertility increases as educational attainment levels rise. Both

the age-specific birth rates and the age-specific first-birth

rates indicate this positive relationship. The opposite is true

for unmarried mothers, as indicated in figure 6. For unmarried mothers, the relationship is largely a negative one,

with fertility declining for almost every age group as education increases. The low fertility of well-educated unmarried

women is an indication of their postponement of marriage

and childbearing to pursue education and careers. Almost

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1985

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Figure 5. First-birth rates for married mothers by age and educational attainment Total of 47 repoti’ng States and the District of

C61umbia, 1985

one-third of wllege-educated women ages 2S-34 in 1985

had never married, compared with cmly 16 percent of high

school graduates of the same age [3).

The age-specific first-birth rates for unmarried mothers shmvn in figure 7 have a somewhat different pattern.

For wmmrried mothers ages 20-24 years, first-birth rates

ckxline with increasing educatiomd attainment. However,

this negative relationship progressively reverses itself as

each older age group is examined. For mothers ages 30-44

years, first-birth rates generaMy increase with rising levels of

educational attainment, perhaps suggesting that these older

mothers who have postponed marriage and childbearing to

pursue edueation and careers are now compensating somewhat for their Postponement.

Race

In both 198(I and 1985, the general fertility rate for

black women was one-third or more higher than the rate

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Figure 6. Birth rates for unmarried mothers by age and educational attainment Total of 47 reporting States and the District of Columbia,

1985

20-24 years

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30-34 years

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Columbia, 1985

I o~ai or 4/ repormng a~a~es ana me uwIricI 01

for white women. In most cases, the rates for black women

by educational attainment and age also were higher than

those for white women in the same group. The most

notable exceptions were those observed for women ages

~$29 and 30-34 years who had some Wlkge education or

who were college graduates. Birth rates were higher for

white women in these groups (table 1).

Additional racial differentials were observed when

birth rates were examined for married and unmarried

mothers (table 4). Anong married women with less than

12 years of education, rates for white women were over

one-third higher than those for black women. However, for

women with at least a high school education, the rates were

about the same for married white and black women. Because many of the rates for married black women are based

on small numbers, it is not possible to compare rates by age

as well as educational attainment.

Among unmarried women, rates for almost every age

and educational attainment group were substantially higher

for black than for white women. Much of the racial differential in overall rates by educational attainment can be

explained by the much higher rates for black than for white

unmarried women in aImost every age-education group.

5
Among women in their early twenties, the overall birth

rate declined slightly from 1980 to 1985, from 113.0 to

106.7 per 1,000. Similar declines were observed for each

educational attainment group with 12 years or more of

education. The most pronounced decline was for college

graduates. The rate for this group fell 26 percent, from

49.1 to 36.2 per 1,000. This suggests that young college

graduates may be postponing their childbearing. (See

table 1.) Increases in birth rates were noted for women

ages 20-24 years with 0–11 years of education.

Among women in their late twenties, the overall rate

declined slightly, but the changes in each educational attainment group varied considerably. Rates for women with

less than a high school education increased an average of

17 percent. The rate for high school graduates fell about

6 percent. Among women with some college the rate increased 8 percent, but it declined 13 percent for college

graduates.

The increase in the overall birth rate for women in

their early thirties reflects considerable increases for

women with less than a high school education as well as for

those with 1 year or more of college. The rate for high

school graduates increased very slightly. The patterns were

similar for women in their late thirties, except that the

increase in rates for those with less than a high school

education was very modest.

Age-order-specific birth rates indicate that the rise for

women in their thirties is primarily due to a rise in firstbirth rates for those women with 13–15 and 16 years or

more of education. (See table 2.) For example, the firstbirth rate for women ages 30–34 years with 16 years or

more of education rose from 29.8 births per 1,000 women

in 1980 to 35.6 in 1985, an increase of 19 percent. The

rate for women ages 35–39 years who were college graduates rose from 6.6 in 1980 to 9.4 in 1985, an increase of

42 percent. Compared with college graduates in their thirties, greater proportional increases were observed for those

older mothers with 13–15 years of education, but the actual

rates were lower for these women. Increases in first-birth

rates were observed as well for women in their thirties who

had completed 12 years or fewer of schooling, but the rates

were much lower than those for mothers with at least some

college, averaging not more than 9 births per 1,000 women.

First-birth rates for college-educated mothers in their

twenties declined during the period, This decline appears to

be a continuation of a trend from 1970 (2). The first-birth

rate for women ages 20-24 years with 16 years or more of

education declined 27 percent, from 39.7 first births per

1,000 women in 1980 to 28.9 in 1985. The rate for college

graduates ages 25–29 years fell 12 percent, from 65.8 per

1,000 in 1980 to 58.1 in 1985.

These declines in first-birth rates for college-educated

women in their twenties appear to confirm that these

women are postponing motherhood to pursue further education and careers. The increases in first-birth :rates for

women in their thirties who have completed college suggest

that these highly educated women are compensating for

earlier postponements of childbearing.

The first-birth rate for women ages 20–24 years who

had completed high school declined 9 percent, whereas for

those with less than a high school education, the rates

increased 3–9 percent. Among women in their late twenties, the first-birth rate for high school graduates increased

just 2 percent, but for women with less than a high school

education, the rates increased 20-43 percent.
Proportions

In this report, differences in levels of fertility for several educational attainment groups have been examined. A

more complete understanding of the implications of these

rates may be obtained by examining the distribution of

births by educational attainment of mother and the change

in this distribution. For mothers ages 20-39 years, table 6

shows the number and percent distribution of all births and

first births by educational attainment of mother for 1980,

1985, and 1988.

Although the educational attainment of the U.S. population as a whole rose from 19S0 to 19S5 (and has since

leveled off), the educational attainment among mothers

experiencing a first birth exceeded that of the general

population in both 19S0 and 19S5. For example, among all

women ages 35–39 years, the proportion with college degrees rose horn 1S percent in 19S0 to 24 percent in 1985,

but for women ages 35-39 years having a first birth, this

proportion increased from 44 percent in 19S0 to

52 percent in 19S5 (3,4). From 19S5 to 198S there was

relatively little change in the educational attainment of the

population as a whole or of first-time mothers (5). Although some of the rise in educational attainment levels

from 19S0 to 19S5 for first-time mothers in their late

thirties may be attributed to the increase in educational

attainment of the general populace, the higher proportion

of college graduates among these mothers is also due to the

greater increase in college graduates’ first-birth rates compared with those of their less educated contemporaries.

Because population data for educational attainment

groups often are not readily available, particularly for small

areas, examination of the percent distributions of births and

first births by educational attainment of mother provides an

alternative method for gauging shifts in fertility levels for

different groups and for analyzing changes in the educational attainment of women giving birth. These data are

available annually in Etal Statistics of the United States,

Volume I–Natali&.

Higher levels of education are associated with more

timely receipt of prenatal care and better birth weight

outcome (2,6). Consequently, the increasing proportion of

first births to older and better educated women has resulted in improved outcomes for some groups. For example, in 198S, of first births to college graduates ages 30-34

years, only 5.9 percent were low birth weight (less than

2,500 grams, or 5 pounds S ounces). Moreover, better

educated women are much more likely to be well nourished; to have higher weight gaing and to curtail detrimental behaviors, such as smoking, during pregnancy-all of

which could lead to improved birth outcome (7–9).

7
Rates by specified race

and geographic area

Rates by specified race and age are shown for 1980

(table 7). Geographic detail inc]udes rates for regions by

age for 1980 and 1985 (table 8) and also for divisions for

1980 and 1985 (table 9). Rates are shown for all States for

1980 (table 10) and for the 15 reporting States with the

largest populations (as of the 1980 census) for 1985

(table 11). State-level rates by age for the 15 reporting

States with the largest total populations in 1980 are shown

only for 1980 (table 12). The number of live births and the

population of women by age and educational attainment for

1980 and 1985 are provided in tables 13 and 14. Summary

data are shown for each State for 1980 in table 15 and for

the 15 largest States for 1985 in table 16.

Some geographic variations in fertility by educational

attainment were observed. The fertility rates tended to be

highest in the West Region and its divisions and consistently lowest in the Northeast for all educational attainment

categories (tables 8 and 9). The use of age-specific birth

rates as comparative measures of fertility among the regions permits control for the age differences in the populations that may confound the analysis. Regional differences

in fertility levels persisted for the educational ;attainment

groups when the age-specific birth rates were examined.

The State tables indicate that the birth rates for white

women were generally highest for those women who had

completed college (tables 10 and 11). Among black women,

the fertility levels were generally greatest for thc~sewith 12

years of schooling. Birth rates tended to be lowest for both

white and black women with less than a hiigh school

education.
Measures of fertility

General fertility rate

The general fertility rate, often referred to simply as

the fertility rate, is defined as the number of live births per

1,000 women of childbearing age (15-44 years). The fertility rate of 64.7 in 1985 indicates that there were 64.7 births

per 1,000 women ages 15-44 years.

The fertility rate controls for differences among population groups or areas in the proportion of women of

childbearing age in the population. However, differences in

the age composition within the childbearing years can

strongly influence the level of this rate and, therefore, affect

intergroup and interarea comparisons.

Age-specific birth rate

Age-specific rates control for differences in the age

composition of populations within the childbearing ages.

This rate relates the number of births to mothers of a given

age to the female population of that age. For example, the

1985 rate of 49.7 for the age group 15–19 years (table 1)

means that in 1985 there were 49.7 births per 1,000 women

ages 15–19 years.

Age-order-specific birth rate

birth order refers to the number of children born alive to

the mother, including the present birth. The order-specific

birth rate relates the number of births of a given live-birth

order to the number of women ages 15-44 years residing in

an area. An age-order-specific birth rate relates the number of births of a given birth order to women in a given age

group to all women in that particular age group. For

example, the 1985 first-birth rate of 38.4 for the age group

15–19 years (table 2) means that in 1985 there were 38.4

first births per 1,000 women ages 15–19 years.

Birth probability

Birth probabilities are refinements of order-specific

birth rates. An age-specific birth probability relates the

number of births of a given birth order to women in a given

age group to all women in that age group who are at risk of

having a child of that order. For example, the first-birth

probability of 78.9 for women ages 20-24 years in 1985

(table 3) indicates that there were 78.9 first births per

1,000 childless women of that age.

In addition to age of mother, a characteristic useful for

analyzing fertility is the order of birth of the child. Live9
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June 1988. Current population reports; series P–20, no 436.

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10
List of detailed tables

1. Birth rates by educational attainment and age of

mother and race of child: Total of 47 reporting States

andthe District of Columbia, 1980 and 1985 . . . . . . . .

2. Birth rates by educational attainment and age of

mother, live-birth order, andrace ofchild:Totalof47

reporting States and the District of Columbia, 1980 and

1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. First-birth probabilities forwomen 20-39 years ofage

by educational attainment and age of mother and race

of child: Total of 47 reporting States and the District of

Columbia, 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4. Birth rates by educational attainment, marital status,

and age of mother and race of child: Total of 47

reporting States andthe District of Columbia, 1985. . .

5. First-birth rates byeducational attainment, mwitdstatus, and age of mother and race of child: Total of 47

reporting States and the District of Columbia, 1985 . . .

6. Total live births and first births to women 20-39 years

of age by age of mother and race of child and percent

distribution by educational attainment of mother, according to age of mother and race of child: Total

reporting areas, 19S0, 1985, and 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7. Birth rates by educational attainment and age of

mother and specified race of child: Total of 47 reporting States and the District of Columbia, 1980 . . . . . . .

8. Birth rates by educational attainment and age of

mother and race of child: Each region of the United

States, 1980 and 1985. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9. Fertl%ty rates by educational attainment of mother and

race of child: Total of 47 reporting States and the

12 District of Columbia and each geographic division,

1980 and 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10. Fertility rates by educational attainment of mother and

race of child 47 reporting States and the District of

13 Columbia, 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11. Fertility rates by educational attainment of mother and

race of child 15 largest reporting States, 1985 . . . . . . .

12. Birth rates by educational attainment and age of

15 mother and race of child: 15 largest reporting States,

1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13. Live births by educational attainment and age of

16 mother and race of child: Total of 47 reporting States

and the District of Columbia, 1980 and 1985 . . . . . . . .

14. Female population by educational attainment, age, and

17 race: Total of 47 reporting States and the District of

Columbia, 1980 and 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15. Live births by race of child and female population

15-44 years of age by race: 47 reporting States and the

District of Columbia, 19S0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

18 16. Live births by race of child and female population

15-44 years ofage by race: 151argest reporting States,

1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Table 3. First-birth probabilities for women 20-39 years of age by educational attainment and age of mother and race of child: Total of

47 reporting States and the District of Columbia, 1985

[First-birth probabilities are first births per 1,000 childless women. Figures for educational attainment not stated are distributed]

Yearsof school completedby mother

0-11 12 13-15 16years

Age of moiherand raceof child Total years yeats years or more

All racesi

20-39 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.3 97.9 91.9 68.3 61.0

20-24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.9 156.6 114.3 53.1 31.1

25-29 yesrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.9 81.5 99.7 119.6 81.0

3&34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.1 33.6 49.2 70.9 79.7

35-39years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.6 11.0 18.7 29.5 33.0

White

20-39years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.8 95.3 87.8 65.6 60.7

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.3 156.4 107.2 49.7 29.4

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.0 77.5 100.3 118.7 61.7

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.2 26.6 47.2 69.0 81.1

35-39years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.4 9.7 17.1 27.0 32.1

Black

20-39years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.3 112.0 115.1 67.1 62.1

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.6 *170.5 162.9 77.2 *50.7

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.0 *1OI.3 84.3 119.5 73.0

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.2 *77.3 *56.9 *95.6 *64.9

35-39years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.2 *11.5 *27.8 *59.2 *42.3

‘Includes races other thanwhite and black.

NOTE Excludes data for California, Tams, and Washington, which did rat report educational attainment of mother on Mh certificate.

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Table4. Bitihrates byeducational attainment, marital status, andageof mother andrace ofchild: Total of47reporting Stites and the

District of Columbia, 1985

[Rates are live bkths per 1,000 women in specified group. Figures for educational attainment not stated are distributed]

Years of school completed by mother

0-11 years

Marital status and age of o-6 9-11 12 13-15 16 years

mother and race of child Total Total years years years years or more

Married

All races: i

15-44 yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19 years.............,,.

20-24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-39years . . . . . . . . . . . . .

40-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . ..,,

White:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-39years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

40-44years, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-39years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

40-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Unmarried

90,4

335,6

200,7

148,4

83,2

26.5

4.0

88.9

401.5

195.2

105.9

48.0

16.1

4.0

68.1

*261 ,5

148.6

110.8

59.6

22.6

6.9

95.9

430.6

207.0

104.6

44.0

16.0

2.9

80.8

273.4

205.4

132.5

56.8

17.1

2.6

103.1

*402.5

219.5

181.8

92.9

30.0

4.0

103.0

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134.8

176.7

148.2

46.4

7.8

102.8

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126.8

174.0

150.4

46.1

7.7

108.2

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*211.2

134.3

45.6

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6.1

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4.9

7.0

8,4

5.7

1.6

3.7

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2.6

3.8

5.9

4,3

1.3

23.2

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29,3

20.9

*14.9

*3,7

90.2

326.5

197.0

149.9

83.6

25.7

3.7

90.9

419.9

196.8

104.7

44.6

15,6

3.4

66.7

*297.7

144.8

106.1

56.0

19.2

6.0

89.2

450.1

210.2

104.4

40.7

13.8

2.4

80.1

252.6

202.1

133.8

56.1

16.0

2.4

102.9

*385.O

212.1

187.6

92.4

29.4

3.9

84.7

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237.0

129.5

71.0

28.5

5.2

66.2

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*198.4

106.9

46.2

23.5

6.2

49.1

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70.9

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*207.3

*98.9

46.1

22.8

5.6

79.6

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228.3

109.3

54.7

24,3

4.6

100.9

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*274.4

147.1

95.9

29.9

4.0

All races:i

15-44 years . .

15-19 years.

15-17 years,

18-19 years.

20-24 years. .

25-29 years . .

30-34years.

35-39years.

40-44years. .

White:

15-44years . . .

15-19 years. .

15-17 years.

18-19 yeare.

20-24years.

25-29 years.

30-34years

35-39years. .

40-44 years . .

Black:

15-44 years

15-19 years

15-17 years.

16-19 years.

20-24 yeare

25-29 years

3C-34years.

35-39 yeaf3. .

40-44 years. .

32,5

31,7

22.5

46.8

46.9

39.6

23.2

10.3

2.2

43.5

30.3

21.9

73.6

141.9

98.3

43.9

16.0

3.6

32.5

20.0

14.9

*115.4

101.1

63.5

37.8

17.3

3.8

46.4

32.6

23.7

71.1

150.0

110.5

48.4

15.4

3.5

40.3

42.3

32.7

44.1

62.8

48.6

26.0

10.5

1.9

16.9

12.7

*7.4

12.9

18.8

35.4

21.7

9.6

1.6

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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19.9

19.2

13.1

29.2

28.6

24.7

14.8

6.7

1.6

29,0

18,9

12,8

53.6

123,6

78.3

31,4

11,0

3,1

24.9

15.4

10.4

+’135.4

*103.3

*59.3

22.9

11.9

3.2

30.0

19.6

13.4

49.7

128.1

65.5

37.2

10.5

2.9

24.5

24.8

17.7

25.9

37.5

30.5

16.8

6.8

1.2

10.0

6.5

*4.6

6.5

9.6

19.4

13.1

5.9

1.1

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79.7

90.4

69.4

120.5

119.3

85.4

47.3

21.8

3.9

90,0

80.9

66.3

i 30.7

169.4

132,6

65.9

24.8

4.0

55.8

36.7

31.9

*80.7

*1 OO.3

*74. 1

*134.7

*29.8

+4.0

96.8

92.7

77.7

134.4

179.2

149.2

58.4

+23.1

4.0

92.2

126.6

*154.1

123.6

146.2

87.3

49.3

20.2

4.2

57.6

*62.7

*

*66.9

65.3

79.4

46.6

*26.8

*3.4

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. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . .

i Includes races other than white and black.

NOTE Excludes data for California, Texas, am! Washington, which dld not reporl educational attainment of mother on birth certificate.

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Table 5. First-birth rates by educational attainment, marital status, and age of mother and race of chiid: Total of 47 reporting States and

the District of Columbia, 1985

[Rates are first births per 1,000 women in specified group. Figures fOr educational attainment not staled are dlstributedi

Years of school completed by mother

13 years or more

1.%-15 16 years

Marital siatus and age of mother and race of child Total 0-11 years 12 years Total years or more

Married

All racexi

15-44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

i5-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24yeara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29yeara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34yeara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-39yeara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

40-44yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White

i5-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-i9years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-2Syeafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-39years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

40-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black

15-44yeara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34yeara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-39yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

40-44yeafa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Unmarried

All race%i

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-39years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4044years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

white

15-44yeafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2C-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29yeafs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-39years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

40-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19yeers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3fJ-34yeafa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-39years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

40-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

34.7

250.1

98.7

53.5

20.4

4.8

0.5

35.7

250.1

99.5

55.3

21.1

4.8

0.5

23.9

*2I 2.2

90.1

33.8

11.8

3.6

0.5

17.0

25.0

22.1

11.4

5.5

21

0.4

11.9

16.3

15.7

8.7

4.6

1.8

0.3

36.6

65.4

47.5

19.6

8.0

3.0

0.4

26.9

288.9

47.6

13.5

4.1

1.2

0.2

29.4

287.9

49.6

13.5

3.9

1.1

0.2

10.8

*101.5

*30,9

10.0

2.9

1.2

0.3

22.2

23.3

39.0

12.8

4.2

1.3

0.3

16.2

15.6

420

12.8

3.6

1.1

0.3

41.6

57.1

33.3

123

5,2

1.5

0.3

30.1

226.0

101.1

38,3

10.5

2.3

0.3

30.9

213.7

102.6

39.7

10.8

2.3

0.3

20.4

*571 .8

80.2

21.0

6.4

2.3

0.3

20.9

34.8

33.4

13.8

5.6

1.9

0.3

15.1

22.3

24.2

11.6

4.9

1.5

0.2

40.0

94.0

64.1

19.0

7.3

2.7

0.4

43.5

*366.5

130.2

62.9

35.1

8.5

1.0

43.9

*355.2

127.4

84.8

35.7

8.5

1.0

37.3

*375.8

*1 59.3

60.8

25.9

6.6

0.8

8.0

11.4

i 0.5

9.0

5.7

2.6

0.5

4.9

6.1

6.0

5.6

4.5

2.2

0.5

24.4

*54.7

37.6

23.9

10.4

5.2

*0.8

41.5

*363. 1

139.5

68.3

21.5

5.0

0.5

424

*352.O

138.1

722

21.9

5.1

0.5

33.2

*3728

*143.8

41.7

15.4

3.8

0.4

10.8

11.5

13.2

14.9

6.8

2.3

0.4

6.6

6.1

7.6

10.1

5.5

1.8

0.3

29.1

*54.5

41.3

27.9

10.7

*4.9

*0.5

45.6

*

107.2

99.2

49.1

11.3

1.7

45.8

*

101.7

98.0

49.9

11.3

1.6

44.9

*

*273.8

*1 06.2

40.6

10.3

*1.4

4.0

*6.8

4.1

4.8

4.8

2.9

0.8

2.6

*4.8

2.3

2.6

3.8

2.5

0.7

14.0

*

22.3

18.2

10.0

*5.5

*1.5

1Includes races other than white and black.

NOTE Excludes data for Califorrla, Texas, ard Weshlngton, which did mt report educational attainment of mother on birth certificate.

17
Table 6. Total live births and first births to women 20-39 years of age by age of mother and race of child and percent distribution by

educational attainment of mother, according to age of mother and race of child: Total reporting areas, 1980, 1985, and 1988

[Figures for educational attainment not stated are included in frequency totals but excluded from percent distributions]

Race of child

Live-birth ordec age of mother, A// racesl White

and years of school

Black

completed by mother 1988 1985 1980 1988 1985 1980 1988 1985 1980

Total births

20-24 yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

All years of school completed. .

O-n years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,..

12-15 yeare . . . . . . . . . .

16years or more . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

All yeare of school completed.

O-n years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12years, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

13-15 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

16years or more . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Allyears ofschool completed, . .

O-n years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12yeara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13-15years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

16yeareormore . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-39years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Allyears ofschool completed. . . . . . .

O-n years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13-15years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

16yearsormore . . . . . . . . . . . . .

First births

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Allyeare ofschool completed.

O-n yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,,.

13-15years . . . . . . . . . . . .

16yearsormore . . . . . . . . . ,...,,,

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Allyears ofschool completed.

O-n years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12years, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13-15years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

16yearsormore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

See notes at end of table.

784)352

100.0

23.0

52.9

20.0

4.1

905,149

100.0

11.3

42.4

25.5

20.8

577,782

100,0

8,0

33,1

24.8

34.1

188,293

100.0

9.1

26.2

22.6

40.2

372,513

100.0

12.0

54.3

26.9

6.9

329,050

100.0

4.4

34.9

27.3

33.4

682,134

100.0

22.9

53.6

19.3

4.2

935,356

100.0

10.9

43.4

25.2

20.5

536,122

100,0

8.0

32.7

24.0

35.3

161,821

100.0

10.8

30.3

21.1

37.9

429,220

100.0

12.1

55.3

25.7

6.9

328,466

100.0

4.0

35.8

27.2

33.0

973,746

100,0

228

55.0

18.0

4.1

884,636

100.0

11.6

43.0

23.9

21.6

434,383

100.0

11.1

35.4

21.3

32.2

108,969

100.0

19.2

37.0

17.4

26.4

479,424

100,0

11.7

57.4

24.2

6.7

296,048

100.0

3.8

34.1

26.1

36.0

Number

575,419 681,066 770,238

Percent distribution

100,0 100,0 100.0

22,2 21.8 21.3

52,9 54.3 56.5

20.3 19.3 17.9

4,5 4.6 4.3

Number

733,972 777,687 743,117

Percent distribution

i 00,0 100.0 100.0

9.8 9.2 9.7

42.3 43.6 42.9

25.7 25.4 24.5

22.3 21.8 22.9

Number

475,938 451,436 362,502

Percent distribution

100.0 100.0 100.0

6.3 6.2 9.1

32.2 31.8 34.8

25.0 24.3 21.8

36.5 37.7 34.3

Number

152,030 131,600 86,599

Percent distribution

100.0 100.0 100.0

6.9 8.5 16.3

26.6 29.0 37.3

22.8 21.4 16.2

43.6 41.1 28.2

Number

291,752 349,070 401,811

Percent dktnbution

100.0 100,0 100.0

12.0 1+,8 11.3

54.5 55.9 58.5

26.4 25.1 23.4

7,2 7.2 6.6

Number

279,873 285,810 262,062

Percent distribution

100.0 100.0 100.0

3.8 3.4 3.3

34.9 35.9 34.1

27.1 27.0 26.2

34.2 33.6 36.4

182,300

100.0

24.6

53.4

19.5

2.5

136,566

100.0

16.2

44.8

25.8

11.2

76,382

100.0

16,9

39.5

25.5

18.1

26,685

100.0

16.8

37.6

22.5

21.0

68,600

100.0

11.2

54.7

29.2

4.9

35,460

100.0

7.3

37.2

31.8

23.7

175,509

100.0

26.1

51.6

19.5

2.8

127,859

100.0

19.2

44.2

24.7

11.6

66,132

100.0

18,3

40.2

23.1

18.4

22,452

100.0

21.7

39.3

20.2

1S.8

68,805

100.0

12.5

53.2

29.1

5.3

31,532

100.0

7.3

36.7

30.8

25.2

178,962

100.0

28.1

49.8

18.9

3.1

115,612

100,0

21.6

45.2

21.1

12.2

54,796

100.0

22,3

41,4

19.4

16.8

17,070

100.0

32.7

38.9

14.1

14.3

66,514

100.0

12.6

52.3

28.9

6.1

24,861

100.0

7.5

36.9

26.7

28.9

18
Table 6. Total five births and first births to women 20-39 years of age by age of mother and race of child and percent distribution by

educational attainment of mother, according to age of mother and race of child: Total reporting areas, 1980, 1985, and 1988—Con.

[Figures for educational attainment not stated are included in frequency totals but excluded from percent distrlbufions]

Race of child

Live-blrih orde< age of mother, All races~ Whlie

and years of school

Black

completed by mother 1988 1985 1980 1888 1985 1980 1988 1985 1980

First birlhs-Con.

30-34 yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Number

148,645 131,625 87.240 127,033 115,253 75,708 14,085 11,089 7,610

Percent distribution

100.0 100.0

2.4 2.2

26.0 24.8

23.7 23.3

47.8 49.7

All years of school completed. . . . . . .

O-n years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13-15 year8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

16yeers ormore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

100.0

3.1

26.4

23.8

46.7

100.0

2.9

25.2

23.3

48.6

100.0

4.1

26.4

20.6

48.9

100.0

3.4

26.0

20.5

50.0

100.0

7.1

31.0

27.7

34.2

100.0 100.0

7.9 8.1

31.0 33.8

25.2 22.3

36.0 35.6

Number

35-39 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,209 29,591 13,812 32,433 25,273 11,506 3,s41

Percent distribution

100.0 100.0

29 3.4

21.6 22.5

21.1 20.0

54.3 54.2

All years of school completed. . . . . . . .

O-n years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13-15 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

16years ormore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

100.0

3.7

22.5

21.2

52.6

100.0

4.2

23.4

20.1

52.3

100.0

8.4

30.3

17.8

43.5

100.0

7.4

29.9

18.0

44.7

100.0

9.0

30.8

23.2

37.0

100.0 100.0

9.1 14.8

32.7 37.1

22.3 18.4

35.9 29.7

1Includesracesotherthanwhiteand black.

NOTE WcludesdatafcxCalifornia,Texas, andWashington,whichdid notreporteducationalaftaimnentof rrmtheron birthcertificatein 1980 and 19S5, andexcludesdatafor California, New York

(except New York City], Texas, and Washington, which did not report educational attainment on birthcerlifica!e In 19S8.

19
Table 7. Birth rates by educational attainment and age of mother and specified race of child: Total of 47 reporting States and the

District of Columbia, 1980

[Rates are live births per 1,000 women in specified group. Figures for educational attainment not stated are distributed]

Years of school completed by mother

12 years or more

0-8 9–11 13 years

Age of mother &nd race of child Total years years Total 12 years or more

All racesl

15-44yeafs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19yeara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29yeara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3@34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3E-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ameficanlndmz

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2S29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Asian

15-44yeara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

67.0

51.5

113.0

112.6

60.1

11.9

63.1

42.2

106.7

112.5

59.1

11.0

67.2

99.6

144.7

108.2

59.8

15.7

105.0

100.5

186.9

135.6

77.7

24.1

80.3

37.1

115.8

135.0

94.5

26.1

42.1

29.9

117.2

77.8

42.6

12.3

40.1

28.3

120.5

77.9

40.7

11.2

44.0

34.9

87.5

61.8

41.3

13.3

54.9

43.9

110,5

90,8

62.6

26.9

76.5

34.5

205.1

135.7

71.3

25.4

59.0

47.6

176.8

91.3

39.1

9.5

51.1

38.0

172.7

85.8

34.9

8.0

89.8

96.6

185.3

103.2

50.0

13.9

114.5

104.8

239.3

144.3

66,8

22,8

50.6

25.8

166.3

110.4

62.3

14.3

71.8 74.4 68.5

69.2 79.9 26.9

103.4 141.9 61.8

116.9 113.3 120.6

64.1 48.7 81.0

12.4 9.7 16.4

68.5 69.6 66.9

56.3 65.6 19.3

97.7 135.9 56.9

116.8 112.0 121.5

63.0 46.3 81.1

11.5 8.7 15.7

92.9 103.6 77.1

151.6 170.8 75.5

137.1 173.4 93.0

113.0 115.7 109.6

64.6 59.8 71,1

16.9 16.1 16.4

113.0 121.6 97,8

150.0 159.5 86.4

176.3 199.7 131.9

137.9 138.9 136.3

83.6 79,3 89.9

23.6 22.1 26.0

87.0 97.2 61.4

60.8 74.6 25.0

103.0 174.4 62.9

137.3 157.2 128.6

100.6 66.4 106.7

27.6 20.6 31.5

i Includes races noi shown separately.

21ncludes figures for Aleuts and Eskimos.

NOTE Excludes data for California, Texas, and Washington, which did rot report educational attainment of mother on birth certificate.

20
Table 8. Birth rates by educational attainment and age of mother and race of child: Each region of the United States, 1980 and i 985

[Rates are live births per 1,000 women residing in the area for specified group. Figures for educational attainment not stated era distributed]

1985 1980

Years of scli’ool completed by mother Years of school completed by mother

&11 12 13-15 16 years 0-11 12 13-15 16 yeats

Regkw, age of molhe~ and race of child Total years years years or more Tot& yearn years yeats or more

Northeast

All races:l

15-44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

16-19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29yeers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34yeers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-39years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

40-44yeers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-17years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

l&19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2C-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3=9yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

40-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19yeafs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

lS17years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

16-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24yeers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-39years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

40-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Midwest

All races:l

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-17years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

16-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.%29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3C-34year3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-39years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

40-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White:

i5-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-17years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

18-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-39yeefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

40-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-17yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

18-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-39years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

40-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

See notes at end of table.

59.2

35.4

21.3

55.3

86.3

108.7

75.1

25.8

4.0

56.4

27.5

14.9

45.7

82.4

107.7

74.9

24.5

3.7

77.4

67.9

87.4

112.6

107.7

114.1

68.5

35.2

5.4

65.8

47.7

27.1

80.2

106.6

119.7

65.0

21.7

3.3

63.2

39.3

20.3

68.8

99.8

119.8

65.9

21.2

3.1

87.0

105.7

74.4

156.0

168.9

119.7

56.1

22.2

4.3

47.2

30.8

19.8

77.9

144.2

91.3

51.0

20.8

3.8

40.3

23.6

13.9

69.0

155.4

83.2

42.3

16.7

3.5

76.7

75.4

61.8

*111.7

119.1

*132.1

*71.4

*39.5

*4. 1

59.8

41.6

26.3

126.6

186.3

120.2

48.2

18.3

3.7

52.3

33.7

19.7

117.4

174.0

113.0

46.2

15.8

3.2

98.6

89.0

70.6

‘155.4

*257. 1

*145.O

*50.9

*26.4

*4.8

63.9

58.4

*56.3

58,5

118.0

114.2

57.7

18.7

2.8

60.3

47.3

*37.4

48.5

113.2

114.3

57.0

16.7

2.4

86.4

*1321

*203. I

*124.8

143.8

111.1

56.4

33.4

*6.6

66.1

69.2

*44.3

72.8

127.0

114.4

46.4

14.4

2.3

63.5

58.0

*30.2

62.4

120.3

114.4

45.6

14.1

2.1

87.2

172.3

845.5

157.2

186.5

105.0

52.5

15.5

*3.3

61.2

15.5

*15.4

15.5

53.1

134.9

81.8

26.0

4.3

59.7

11.0

*7.5

11.1

49.7

136.8

80.1

26.2

4.0

72.3

*70.6

*

*68.O

73.8

*121 .2

*92.2

*27.3

*6.4

68.2

28.3

*6.2

29.6

70.9

138.7

77.1

23.2

3.2

66.9

22.0

*8.1

22.4

65.2

139.5

81.5

22.4

3.1

78.0

*96.5

*4.7

*152.3

*124.2

*138.1

53.7

*27.3

*3.4

61.7

*33.2

*

*33. 1

24.9

89.1

109.1

40.0

6.8

61.9

%24.5

*

%24.4

23.4

87.3

111.7

39.9

6.8

56.2

*

*

*

*36.8

*91.7

*80.2

*48.5

*5.2

69.9

*10. I

*

*1O.I

36.7

111.1

99.4

38.0

6.5

70.8

*

*

*

38.7

114.2

101.7

37.7

6.0

69.5

*

*

*

*45.3

*1 07.0

*81 .3

*37.2

*29.8

58.0

35.4

20.7

57.1

90.1

107.7

62.8

20.1

3.6

55.1

28.6

15.2

48.0

84.0

107.4

61.9

18.9

3.2

76.0

82.4

57.1

123.9

132.7

104.0

61.9

24.9

5.4

70.1

49.9

28.9

79.7

116.7

121.2

62.3

18.4

3.6

87.4

42.4

22.5

70.5

114.3

122.1

62.0

17.6

3.3

91.1

110.1

79.9

155.3

151.9

110.3

59.2

23.0

5.3

43.8

30.3

18.7

86.3

148.5

86.3

41.1

16.6

3.9

38.5

24.2

13.8

77.7

145.5

83.2

38.6

15.5

3.5

67.1

66.0

51.8

126.4

154.5

89.0

45.2

19.5

4.9

54.7

41.6

26.7

102.2

171.9

91.4

41.5

17.1

4.3

49.1

34.7

20.7

93.8

170.6

89.1

39.6

16.1

3.9

85.4

92.2

74.3

150.4

172.1

95.2

45.1

19.7

5.6

66.9

56,9

126.8

53.4

121.8

115.6

53.7

17.0

3.2

63.6

46.5

98.3

44,2

116.0

114.9

51.5

15.5

2.8

89.4

150.0

265.4

139.3

162.9

113.7

63.4

25.7

5.9

77.0

80.3

164.1

76.7

147.4

118.8

48.5

14.7

3.1

74.3

70.0

135.0

67.4

144.1

119.1

47.5

14.0

2.9

103.0

184.4

345.5

173.2

176.3

114.3

56.2

21.7

5.0

53.7

17.0

38.8

16.8

46.1

113.3

64.2

19.4

2.9

51.9

12.6

35.2

12.5

41.7

115.2

64.1

18.6

2.6

67.4

60.7

*45. i

61.1

84.1

101.0

62.3

23.4

4.7

70.2

29.2

45.5

29.1

70.2

135.0

68.5

20.1

3.6

66.3

21.8

36.5

21.7

65.4

137.5

68.5

19.3

3.3

84.6

100.6

*

100.9

113.0

114.5

65.0

24.7

5.3

66.1

164.0

*

170.0

34.9

101.1

93.8

32.1

4.8

65.0

*1 19.5

*

*124.1

31.7

100.0

93.2

30.7

4.5

75.3

*

*

*

75.4

105.9

97.1

44.1

6.7

81.0

*148.9

*

*1 55.6

51.2

130.3

105.1

30.5

4.8

80.7

*

*

*

48.8

131.0

105.5

29.4

4.5

78.3

*

*

*

79.8

116.7

89.2

35.7

5.4

21
Table 8. Birth ratea by educational attainment and age of mother and race of child: Each region of the United States, 1980 and

1985–Con.

[Rates are live births per 1,000 women residing in the area for specified group. Figures for educational attainment not stated are distributed]

1965 1980

Years of school completed by mother Years of school completed by moiher

0-11 12 13-15 16 years 0-11 12 1%15 16 yeare

Region, age of mother, and race of child Total years years years or more Total years years yeats or more

All races: 1

15-44 years .

15-19 years.

15-17 years

18-19 years

20-24 years.

25-29 years.

30-34 years.

35-39 years.

40-44 years.

Whtte:

15-44 years .

15-19 years.

15-17 years

18-19 years

20-24 years.

25-29 years.

30-34 years.

35-39 years.

40-44 years. .

Black:

15-44 years .

15-19 years. .

15-17 years

18-19 yeare

2%24 years. .

25-29 years.

30-34 years. .

35-39 years. .

40-44 years. .

All races: i

15-44 years . . .

15-19 years. .

15-17 years

18-19 years

20-24 years. .

25-29 years. .

3C-34 years.

35-39 years.

40-44 years. .

white:

15-44 years

15-19 years,

15-17 years

1&1 9 years

20-24 years.

25-29 years.

30-34 years.

Southz

35-39 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4C-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...::

Black:4

15-44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1Includes races other than white and black.

64,7

80,7

39.3

90.0

117.3

100.5

59,9

19,7

3,2

59,7

47,9

27,9

75,7

106.5

101.8

598

18.3

2,7

80.6

97.0

72,7

129,0

153,0

94,9

57.9

23.2

4.6

76.5

58.1

32.5

95.2

125.0

125.1

783

28.4

4.8

72.5

52.5

29.1

85.8

120,7

120,0

75.0

26.0

4.4

*

63.9

57.1

39,1

125.7

171.7

96,1

42,2

14,3

3,7

56.0

46,2

27,9

122,5

170.5

90.8

35.3

11.0

2.8

82.1

85.8

70,5

133,9

181,4

109,7

53,0

19,6

5,8

71,9

52,6

31.6

“148,6

~72,4

120.2

49.3

*23.7

*6,8

66.4

48.3

28.3

*140.9

163.0

109,6

*41 9

‘18.7

*5.7

*

65.0

79.7

43.0

87.1

141.5

89.4

43.6

13.9

2.3

58.6

61.6

28.8

68.8

129.0

89.2

41.2

11.8

1.9

86.1

135.5

*113.6

138.5

176.8

87.4

50.9

21.8

4.1

80.4

75.8

*42 9

82.1

148.9

123.3

61,3

19.2

3,0

75.4

66.1

*38. 5

71.2

146.7

115.7

57.3

16.6

2.7

*

63.5

26.0

*1 4.6

26.2

73.1

126.8

65.1

24.6

2.8

60.5

17.0

*1 0.4

17.1

65.9

141.3

63.4

23.3

2.7

74.7

*68. 1

*

*67.6

98.8

100.0

75.9

+30.3

*3. 1

75.1

*37.9

*237.6

*37.4

94.0

129.9

77.7

29.6

4.4

71,4

*33,5

*

*33. 1

90.2

125.7

73.5

27.6

4.1

*

66,9

*

*

*

44.8

103.5

103.3

32.1

5.8

67.0

*

*

*

38.2

103.6

110.3

32.4

5.7

61.8

*

*

*

*107.7

95.9

67.4

*27.5

*5. 5

75.6

*

*

●

46.5

124.7

124,7

42.0

8.0

74.7

*

*

*

45.8

126,9

126,6

39,6

7.8

*

67.5

64.0

42.1

95.6

118.1

104.3

53.7

17.0

3.4

61.0

50.8

30.0

60.5

109.3

102.8

51.3

14.9

2.6

69.7

101.7

76.3

139.8

144.8

108.1

61.2

25.4

6.5

80.9

58.7

33.1

94.5

140.3

126.1

71.4

25.0

5.0

77,6

54.9

30.5

88.8

135.6

122.7

68.1

23.1

4.4

*

60.6

57.0

39.1

127.0

163.0

82.6

37.6

16.2

4.2

52.5

46.3

28.0

121.8

158.6

76.5

31.8

12.9

3.1

80.4

85.9

70.5

138.2

171.6

94.7

50.9

24.3

6.7

65.6

49.6

30.4

124.3

184.6

106.3

51.1

22.0

6.4

61.7

46.8

28.2

120.1

179.1

98.5

44.9

18.1

4.8

*

74.7

60.6

175.7

80.4

145.2

103.9

43.9

13.9

2.8

65.9

72.9

117.9

70.1

135.7

99.8

39.4

11.7

2.1

109.6

172.4

359.3

159.9

174.7

116.4

61.9

25.2

6.9

86.3

91.5

161,7

87.7

164.7

119.9

53.1

18.1

3.6

81.7

64.0

141,2

81.0

156.7

115.1

48.3

16.4

3.4

*

60.9

31.4

56.3

31.1

67.5

112.8

57.7

16.7

2.7

57.0

19.8

38.7

19.6

60.8

114.5

57.1

15.5

2.3

76.1

70.9

114,6

70.5

69.5

106.3

69,5

22.1

4.9

85.0

37.3

*42.O

37.2

102.9

140.4

77.4

26.2

5.3

83.0

33.9

*36.9

33.9

100.9

139.2

74.6

25.1

5.1

*

73.2

*

*

*

55.0

117.8

91.3

28.0

4.1

72.1

*

*

*

49.5

118.5

91.0

26.5

3.7

77.1

*

*

*

63.6

110.9

88.8

34.5

5.5

87.1

*

*

*

75.2

129.7

107.2

42.2

6.6

65.3

*

*

*

75.2

128.0

104.1

40.5

6.3

*

2Excludesdata for Texas, which did not report educational attainment of mother on bitth certificsfe.

3Excludes data for &lifor”ia and Washington, which did not repcvt educational atitinment of mother On birth Certificate.

4Rates not shown for the black population in the West Region because birih data by educational attainment of mother are available for less than 20 percent of the black births In that region.

22
Table 9. Fertility rates by educational attainment of mother and race of child: Total of 47 repoti-ng States and the District of Columbia

and each geographic division, 1980 and 1985

[Fertilty rates are live births per 1,000 women 15-44 years of age residing in area for specified group. Figures for educational attainment not stated are distributed

1985 1880

Years of school completed by mofher Years of school completed by mother

0-11 12 1s15 16 years 511 12 13=15 16 years

Geographic diviskv+ and race of child Total year3 years years or more TotaI yearn years years or more

Tota12,3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

New England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MlddleAtlantlc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

EastNorthCentral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

WestNorlhCentral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SouthAtlanlic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

EastSouthCentral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

WestSouthCentralZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pacific. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Blac!# . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

64.7 59.1

61.1 51.7

81.6 84.2

57.6 43.1

55.5 38.7

91.5 *98.3

59.8 48.4

56.7 40.9

75.9 74.9

64.6 61.4

62.0 54.1

84.8 97.6

68.8 54.7

66.0 47.4

100.1 ‘103.5

64.1 61.8

59.4 53.9

79.1 80.0

61.7 63.3

56.6 57.7

79.7 78.9

71.8 72.5

65.9 60.7

88.6 96.7

78.4 75.1

74.8 69.1

93.0 *74.7

70.8 61.1

64.0 55.7

* *

66.3 65.7

62.2 63.7

66.8 75.6

61.4 59.8

59.1 58.2

*92.8 *96.9

64.7 61.8

60.7 60.5

65.6 69.9

65.3 64.2

62.9 63.0

84.4 72.9

67.9 77.9

64.9 75.5

103.2 *1 16.7

64.0 65.2

58.1 62.1

82.9 76.3

61.0 61.6

53.8 58.1

92.7 71.3

75.2 59.6

68.6 57.8

91.7 73.8

82.4 76.0

78.2 73.1

*111.O *86.8

74.5 72.2

65.8 64.9

* *

66.9

67.2

62.4

62.8

61.9

*67.O

61.3

62.0

54.9

67.5

68.0

72.7

75.4

76.7

*58.5

88.7

66.3

82.9

61.0

61.7

53.5

77.9

78.8

72.7

77.3

76.7

*93.6

70.9

67.8

*

67.0

63.1

87.2

56.0

54.4

82.0

58.7

55.4

75.3

68.7

65.7

89.4

73.8

71.5

101.0

63.4

57.4

83.4

70.8

63.9

97.8

78.5

70.6

104.8

83.3

80.8

105.3

74.0

67.2

*

55.0

48.5

76.5

40.8

36.3

69.5

44.6

38.4

66.6

56.1

50.5

83.9

50.6

44.9

93.3

55.8

46.0

74.0

65.5

57.5

90.1

69.8

59.5

91.9

67.7

63.7

86.9

59.5

54.5

*

74.4

69.6

103.7

62.7

61.1

93.4

68.2

64.3

89.1

75.0

72.0

101.5

82.1

80.1

112.4

71.1

62.3

103.1

76.1

67.5

117.1

86.6

76.4

129.3

89.1

85.7

126.4

79.5

70.1

*

64.5

62.2

77.0

53.4

52.2

81.7

54.1

52.0

66.1

67.7

65.3

82.6

75.7

74.1

97.8

56.6

53.6

88.8

65.6

60.2

85.6

72.5

67.2

92.6

87.7

86.4

98.0

76.1

70.5

*

74.7

73.8

77.6

87.6

66.7

88.5

65.7

64.5

73.8

77.8

77.6

75.9

88.3

87.6

92.1

69.3

68.4

71.8

78.4

77.0

64.2

64.1

82.8

91,2

90.1

6e.1

100.0

78.7

72.9

*

lTotsls for geographic areas imlude rams other than white and black.

‘Excludes data fm Texas, which did not report educational attainment of rrmthsr on birth certificate.

‘3&c[ude~ data fw Cahfornia ~ w~hingr~, ~~~h ~d Mt report eckmaticmal attainmentof mdher on blrlh certificate.

4Ratea not shown for the black population in the Pacific Oivision became birth data by educatlcmal attainment of mother we available for only 12 percent of the kirths in that division.

NOTEFerlilityrates Inthlstablemaydlffer fromlhosepreviously wbtishad bytheNatior?at CenterforHeslthStatistics. (SeaTaffe18M.8irth acdfertiiiiratasfor States,UnltedSfates, lS80.Vital

HeallhSlat21(42). 1984.) Therateslnthistable arebssedonpopulations fromasampleofthe 1980censuscfpqxrlatlorv thaprm”cuslypublishad rateswerebasedon completeccxmtsfrom th

census.

23
Table 10. Fertility rates by educational attainment of mother and race of child: 47 reporting States and the District of Columbia,, 1980

[Rates are live brths per 1,000 women 15-44 years of age residing in the area in specified group. Figures for educational attainment not stated are distribul,ed]

Years of school completed by mother

0-1 f 12 13-15 16 years

Areal and race of child Total yeats years years or more

New England

Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

NewHampshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Rhodelsland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Middle Atlantic

NewYork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

New Jersey.....,...,.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pennsylvania .,, ...,.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

East North Central

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

While . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

West North Central

Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

While . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

While . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

North Dakota. ,, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Nebraska, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

See nolesatend of table.

24

64.8

64.3

116.5

62.8

62.6

69.3

64.1

64.1

*103.7

53.5

51.8

62.6

56.6

54.0

101.2

53.9

51.5

76.4

58.4

54.4

73.3

57.3

53.1

80.2

60.1

58.2

75.9

67.5

65,1

86,7

69.1

67.0

93.2

71.3

66.5

95.2

66.4

63.9

80.7

69.1

67.2

97.7

70.7

68.8

117.6

73.7

72.7

111.2

70.9

67.9

93.8

82.4

78.9

220.6

88.2

81.9

187.2

77.4

75.7

109.0

44.3

43.3

*

42.6

42.5

*

42.1

42.1

*

39.7

37.4

66.7

45.8

42.0

88.9

39.0

34.4

69.6

45.6

36.7

64.0

43,4

35.7

73.9

43.7

39.7

66.6

52.6

49.2

75.4

56.7

54.0

81.8

66.5

58.4

94.4

51.2

45.9

74.2

44.9

39.3

91.7

38.4

32.7

100,9

44.8

42.6

112.3

58,1

52.3

90,4

44,9

35.5

*

59.3

42.9

*

47.5

43.0

91.6

74.3

74.0

122.2

69.8

69.6

79.3

75.3

75.3

*

61.3

59.3

98.4

60.1

57.7

111.5

56.7

53.8

86.1

7i .6

66.6

90.4

62.3

57.9

88.1

67.2

65.1

86.9

74.8

72.3

97.4

74.6

72.2

107.6

75.2

69.8

109.4

73.8

71.4

91.4

77.6

76.1

110,5

82.3

80.9

138.2

81.6

80.8

119.2

76.6

73.8

102.5

90.4

87.0

*225.O

99,3

93.6

*229.6

67.3

85,7

119.5

65.1

64.8

*

61.2

60.6

*151.4

57.1

56.9

*

48.4

47.4

75.7

54.9

53.2

102.7

56.2

54.3

83.7

52.7

50.4

63.5

54.2

51.3

71.6

56.7

55,4

68.4

67.0

64.1

87.2

68.2

66.3

67.8

66.0

64.6

84.0

66.6

65.1

74.6

69.9

68.8

90.8

71.0

70.0

107.0

80.4

79.8

101.0

71.1

68.4

90.0

88.7

86.4

*221.4

90.0

86.9

*121.1

76.4

76.8

127.5

79.8

79,6

*

80.8

80.9

*

79.1

79.4

*

63.0

61.4

96.2

73.5

71.2

129.3

67.4

67.0

72.6

58.7

57.2

66.2

73.4

71.8

92.0

73.6

72.8

76.9

78.1

77.3

63.6

83.2

83.0

83.3

74.6

75.2

68.3

75.7

74.5

76.0

84.5

83.9

84.5

83.6

82.7

120.5

92.1

91.4

94.7

82.2

81.8

78.7

113.9

113.6

*

109.5

107.3

*387. 1

94.8

94.7

94.5
Table 10. Fertility rates by educational attainment of mother and race of child: 47 reporting States and the District of Columbia,

1980–Con.

[Rates are live births per 1,000 women 15-44 years of age residing in the area in specified group. Figures for educational attainment not stated are distributed]

Years of school completed by mother

&11 12 13-15 16 years

Areaq and race of child Total yeats years years or more

West North Centrst-Con.

Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

South Atlantic

Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

OistrictofColumbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

While . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

WestVirginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

NotlhCarolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

East South Central

Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

West South CentralE

Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mountain

Monbna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

See notes at end of table.

76.8

74.1

114.4

65.5

61.1

87.0

57.5

53.6

87.6

55.1

27.9

87.0

59.9

55.7

76.2

68.3

67.8

64.0

60.6

54.8

76.8

69.4

60.3

89.1

69.6

61.1

91.0

64.0

56.8

100.9

70.6

88.8

91.1

64.2

59.5

88.6

70.7

61.9

95.6

83.9

67.9

112.3

74.2

66.8

111.5

82.2

73.2

102.2

76.2

70.1

110.0

78.0

74.3

*198.5

93.8

93.4

147.1

59.2

54.9

96.6

50.8

42.2

74.6

41.4

35.0

54.5

55.5

58.4

55.5

49.0

42.2

66.9

60.9

60.9

64.9

53.8

46.3

68.8

61.4

50.6

77.8

63.0

54.4

78.2

60.0

49.4

95.0

64.7

63.0

85.9

58.1

53.5

76.8

64.2

54.6

85.6

81.0

59.4

104.6

65.8

57.0

97.8

72.4

59.3

90.3

69.1

61.8

91.2

50.0

41.6

*

60.6

59.6

*

83.9

80.9

130.9

82.0

75.2

118.0

65.2

59.5

81.4

60.9

38.5

89.3

67.3

61.3

93.1

74.2

73.3

103.2

66.8

58.3

93.6

79.5

65.3

111.2

78.2

64.9

114.2

69.5

60.5

123.6

78.0

75.7

106.4

68.7

62.6

101.9

76.1

63.8

118.5

88.9

69.2

137.5

80.6

72.0

135.0

92.7

80.7

127.1

62.4

74.6

133.1

87.2

83.7

“162.4

96.0

95.0

*256.6

76.0

73.9

109.9

44.6

42.9

58.3

54.8

52.3

82.1

41.0

15.2

55.2

54.9

52.8

84.7

60.3

59.7

75.2

54.1

51.7

62.1

57.9

53.9

69.8

62.2

57.1

79.5

58.2

54.9

79.2

62.3

60.7

75.9

60.2

55.5

81.4

66.2

60.6

81.0

77.6

67.8

99.7

72.5

66.1

107.2

74.1

68.5

88.1

70.5

66.3

98.0

82.1

79.5

*225.4

115.0

115.2

*

88.4

87.0

120.0

75.9

79.0

55.3

69.8

66.4

71.3

34.7

26.7

52.2

70.8

69.1

77.2

80.0

80.0

88.0

70.6

70.0

69.9

80.3

79.9

80.0

71.2

70.3

73.8

65.8

64.8

73.9

75.5

75.1

72.2

73.6

72.8

76.0

80,2

79.1

83.8

68.7

86.5

95.2

80.9

79.2

93.9

86.6

86.3

88.3

82.5

80,8

105.9

94.5

92.7

*428.6

122.4

122.2

*

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Table lO. Fertility rates byeducational atiainmentof mother and race of child:47 reporting States and the District of Columbia,

1980–Con.

[Rates are live births per 1,000 women 15-44 years of age residing m the area in specified group. Figures for educational attainment not stated are distributed]

Years of school completed by mother

0-11 12 1s15 16 years

Areai and race of child Total years years years or more

Mountain—Con.

Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.7 74.2 99.9 100.4 108.2

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.1 71.5 98.5 99.2 106.6

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.9 *139.9 131.2 *178.6 *

Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.8 57.1 74.9 65.1 70.8

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.2 56.6 72.5 63.9 69.5

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.0 73.2 114.1 79.6 90.5

NewMexlco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.0 77.9 94.9 72.7 81.7

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.6 71.5 88.3 69.6 79.4

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.9 65.2 157.7 79.5 175.1

Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.1 60.5 63.9 76.8 73.2

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.0 75.2 77.4 72.8 71.6

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.2 i 08.6 134.9 135.6 67.1

Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.0 68.9 125.7 147.3 166.9

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.6 66.6 125.4 147.3 167.2

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.8 85.8 136.1 111.5 *

Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.3 55.9 73.8 70.2 73.5

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.7 52.5 68.8 68.0 71.7

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.5 78.4 121.8 85.4 64.5

Pacific3

Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.4 60.1 71.0 71.9 76.4

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.6 57.6 69.6 70.9 74.5

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.3 93.5 122.2 129.6 152.1

Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.4 68.8 97.2 99.0 90.7

white . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.2 46.2 83.9 89.4 65.8

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.4 81.2 157.1 130.8 *160.5

Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.8 53.4 94.9 77.5 79.0

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.0 31.1 59.3 50.6 51.6

Back. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.4 139.7 184.6 171.4 146.6

‘TotaJs for geographic areas include races other than white and black.

2Excludes data for Texas, which did not reporl educational attainment or mother on birth certificate.

S&cludes data for California and Washington, which did not report educational atlehment of mother On birth Certificate.

NOTE Fedility ralesln twistable mydifferfmm those prwiously Wblished bythe Nafional Center for Health ~atlstiG. (See Taffel SM. Btihand feflillly mtesfor States, United States, 1980. Vital

Health Stst 21 (42). 19S4.) The rates in this table are based on populations from a ssmple of the 198o census of population the previously published rstes were based on complete counts from the

census.

26
Table 11. Fertility rates by educational attainment of mother and race of child: 15 largest reporting States, 1985

[Rates are IIve births per 1,000 women 15-44 years of age residing in the area in specified group. Figuresfor educational attainment not stated are distributed]

Years of school COMD/eted bv mother

&l 1 12 l&15 16 years

Areaf and race of child Total years years yaals or more

TotaI,151argest States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.6 56.9 64.8

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.3 49.4 61.1

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.1 84.2 84.6

Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.9 67.7 66.5

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.6 63.9 60.6

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.5 79.1 95.5

Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.4 69.8 87.6

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.0 63.9 58.0

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.2 80.5 92.4

Hllnois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.4 73.6 67.2

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.8 63.4 62.0

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.8 109.9 103.5

Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.8 55.7 59.3

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.3 49.4 57.2

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.7 *187.O *84. 1

Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.6 37.3 60.5

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.5 327 58.7

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *62.7 *88.6 *78.4

Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.3 54.3

Whtie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

64.9

61.7 50.7 64.5

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.9 70.7 69.0

Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.0 69.1 70.9

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.7 61.5 66.0

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.1 *108.5 *1 127

NewJersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.1 45.7 56.5

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.5 40.5 53.0

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.7 58.2 70.5

NewYork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.0 50.0 71.8

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.6 41.3 67.5

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.1 78.7 88.3

North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.3 60.2 62.8

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.2 50.3 57.8

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.3 84.9 73.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.1 55.8

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

63.8

61.5 51.5 61.6

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.3 81.9 78.5

Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.6 47.3 61.4

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.4 40.4 58.0

Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.9 85.4 97.2

Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.6 59.0 59.9

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.5 52.5 55.7

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.8 *86.5 79.8

Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

60.6 49.7 59.6

57.6 39.9 57.3

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.0 79.3 66.2

Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.2 72.0 74.5

white . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.6 54.7 72.7

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *145.2 *231 .8 *91.3

‘Totalsfor geographicareas Imlude racesotherthanwhiteand black

NOTE Excludesdatafor California,Texas, andWashington,whichdid mt reporteducationalattainmentof motheron birthcertificate.

63.1

61.2

73.3

63.0

62.1

65.1

75.1

66.8

*I 13.9

60.6

60.6

63.4

65.6

63.4

*84.8

58.1

57.2

*68.O

59.3

58.5

*64.9

60.5

57.3

*90.5

53.6

50.2

*82.2

62.4

62.0

64.6

65.5

63.1

*73.2

72.4

69.4

*93.4

68.2

66.8

*78.O

58.7

54.6

*74.5

61.3

59.0

*64.5

69.3

66.0

*236.5

64.2

64.8

60.8

58.6

60.8

*46.8

75.2

71.5

*86. 1

69.5

72.2

*60.4

54.9

56.7

*45.6

63.0

61.2

*149.5

73,9

75.7

*75.2

58.2

62.7

43.3

68.6

66.9

*59.9

54.1

55.0

46.0

60.7

59.0

*62.3

69.1

67.4

*1 18.9

70.3

70.1

*96.7

60.8

82.2

*46.7

78.5

60.6

*61.1

65.1

62.8

*160.6

27
Table 12. Birth rates by educational attainment and age of mother and race of child: 15 largest reporting States, 1980

[Rates are live births per 1,000 women residing in the area In specified group. Figures for educational attainment not stated are distributed]

Years of school completed by mother

c-l 1 12 13-15 16 years

Statel errd race of child Total years years years or more

Total, 15 largest States

All races:

15-44 years, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19 years, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Blaclc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Florida

All races:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . ...%.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Whtte:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34yeefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black:

15-44yeafs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44yeafs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Georgia

All races:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29yeafs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . .,, ..,,,..,, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

See notes at end of table.

63.7

48.0

105.8

109.3

59.6

11.6

52,5

41.9

159.4

85.8

39.6

9.9

71.2

‘73.4

133.9

112.1

49.1

9,7

60.0

23.4

56.2

118.3

63.8

12.1

70.9

155.7

42.5

111.4

96.0

20.2

57.5

16.1

52.3

120.8

63.8

11.5

70.1

120.6

38.6

111.3

95.8

19.3

59.9

38.4

99.2

109.7

58.8

10.8

46.2

33.5

157.4

83.3

37.0

9.0

66.7

56.9

127.8

111.5

47.0

8.7

84.4

98,5

141.8

105.0

59.2

15.2

76.6

82.9

164.2

90.5

45.4

12.5

99.5

168.4

169.1

112.8

59.4

15.9

74.7

72.7

94.2

105.1

81.7

15.5

74.9

*

78.7

107.5

90.0

23.7

64.0

58.5

113.0

101.1

53.4

10.5

60.1

52.4

165.2

90,0

42.0

10.2

69.5

84.9

134.4

100.6

43,2

8.6

58.1

28.4

67.6

104.4

56.9

10.6

65.7

*

52.1

107.8

84.8

16.9

56.8

42.6

102.2

98.1

51.0

9.2

49.5

38.8

158.3

80.6

34.1

7.7

60.5

59,5

122.1

95.5

39.9

7.4

54.8

20.0

60.6

104.7

58.3

9.8

64.8

*

47.2

107.9

63.2

16.6

100.9

124.6

164.9

116.6

66.4

17.9

95.0

105.1

190.3

115.0

62.9

17.3

123.6

212.4

195.4

126.3

65.3

18.6

79.2

70.2

104.2

102.0

59.4

19.1

73.9

*

90.8

112,1

97.4

16.8

71.1

●

50.8

110.2

92.4

16.0

69.6

71.8

122.7

101.4

54.8

10.6

63.0

64.2

156.6

77.7

35.9

10.0

78.7

107.7

150.4

103.6

45.6

9.1

62.1

28.0

70.6

114.3

61.5

9,6

64.9

73.7

138.5

98.2

38.6

6.8

57.0

17,3

62.1

115.1

61,0

8,9

70.3

*

45.6

112.9

92.1

17.1

61.1

53.6

111.3

100.1

52.4

6.9

54.5

50.2

155.5

73.0

31.3

&o

91.0

109.6

146.7

104.2

60.5

16.0

78.3

91.5

165.4

84.4

43.1

13,1

114.1

187.9

174.5

115.9

65.1

19.1

79.4

61.8

94,6

110.1

64.7

14.5

73.7

*

71.6

100.6

86.8

23.5

28
Table 12. Birth rates by educational attainment and age of mother and race of child: 15 largest reporting States, 1980–Con.

[Rates are live births per 1,000 women residing in the area in specified group. Figures for educational attainment not stated are distributed]

Years of school completed by mother

c-11 12 1%15 16 years

Statei and race of child Total years years years or more

Illinois

All races

15-44 yeara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Indiana

All races

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White

16-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Massachusetts

All race%

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3S44yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2C-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

See notesat end oftable.

77.3

55.9

115.5

118.7

66.8

14.0

66.5

41.5

107.1

120.4

66.8

13.2

95.2

122.3

158.2

111.5

62.0

16.4

69.1

57.5

123.3

113.0

54.2

9.8

67.0

52.2

120.6

112.8

53.6

9.4

93.2

111.9

152,6

115.7

56.4

14.0

53.5

28.1

76.2

100.2

62.6

12.2

51.8

25.6

73.2

99.1

61.4

11.7

62.6

76.9

134.4

115.2

71.6

19.8

66.5

49.2

189.0

114.7

55.7

14.3

58.4

36.3

1920

117.6

56.1

14.0

94.5

103.6

183.3

107.0

52.4

14.5

56.9

49.7

166.9

76.4

35.5

9.4

54.2

45.4

167.2

77.1

35.3

9.3

81.9

90.3

165.8

90.9

37.3

10.6

39.8

24.6

148.0

66.5

39.3

8.7

37.5

22.4

147.1

84.4

37.8

8.0

66.6

62.6

162.2

92.4

45.5

14.7

75.2

82.4

136.9

117.3

52.2

10.5

69.6

62.3

130.6

116.7

50.4

9.6

109.4

198.0

187.4

120.0

61.1

16.4

74.4

67.4

148.5

107.8

42.6

7.9

721

78.2

146.1

107.3

41.0

7.4

107.7

207.7

174.3

113.6

61.7

14.8

61.3

44.0

114.2

108.4

48.2

9.3

59.3

40.0

110.8

107.2

46.6

8.6

98.3

131.9

172.3

123.5

70.5

18.4

68.0

35.7

66.9

126.5

69.7

15.1

64.5

21.1

59.5

130.3

70.8

14.6

83.9

128.5

115.2

113.0

62.8

16.1

68.1

28.1

67.5

137.5

65.0

11.2

66.2

23.2

63.5

137.9

65.5

10.7

87.7

81.4

112.6

136.7

55.4

16.7

48.4

11.7

38.0

108.8

59.9

12.1

47.3

10.0

36.1

106.6

59.3

11.6

75.6

51.9

68.3

115.9

71.5

21.2

74.7

●

43.2

116.1

101.8

22.5

75.1

*

39.1

119.2

103.2

21.3

68.2

76.;

91.8

85.0

24.4

63.0

*

57.2

136.5

101.2

18.3

82.8

*

55.2

136.5

101.8

16.1

83.3

*

86.2

137.5

79.2

19.3

63.0

●

28.3

88.4

94.4

22.5

61.4

*

26.3

86.7

92.4

21.7

96.9

*

75.7

128.0

122.9

43.4

29
Table 12. Bkth rates by educational attainment and age of mother and race of child: 15 largest reporting States, 1980–Con.

[Rates are live bitths per 1,000 women residing in the area in specified group. Figures for educational attainment not stated are distributed]

Years of school completed by mother

0-11 12 13-15 16 years

Statei and race of chid Total years years years or more

Michigan

All races:

15-44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White:

15-44yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34yeara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24yeara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3CK34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Missouri

All races:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2C-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

26-29yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3%44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

26-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

New Jersey

All races:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2&24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44yeare, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Whrte:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19yeara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3&34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

See notesat end oftable.

66.4

45.0

113.3

116.3

58.1

10.4

63.9

37.3

109.9

118.4

58.0

9.7

80.7

92.5

133.5

102.6

55.0

13.8

70.9

57.7

122.8

117.2

60.7

11.6

67.9

49.4

118.2

118.2

60.0

11.1

93.8

115.2

156.0

108.1

63.2

14.3

57.3

35.2

87.2

110.4

65.7

12.6

53.1

23.4

76.8

111.6

66.2

12.0

80.2

96.2

144.3

102.5

59.2

14.5

51.2

39. i

157.8

81.9

35.7

8.4

45.9

32.1

160.6

81.4

34.6

7.5

74.2

78.8

148.2

83.7

36.3

10.9

58.1

49.6

173.1

87.0

36.0

9.8

52,3

42.1

171.8

84.2

34.8

9.2

90.5

97.0

182.6

99.3

51.9

13.5

43.4

29.8

158.1

86.3

41.0

10.3

35.7

19.8

149.1

86.1

41.7

10.1

73.9

78.5

186.2

86.0

39.2

11.1

73.8

68.3

139.1

118.0

46.0

8.3

71.4

57.5

136.8

119.0

44.7

7.7

91.4

150.2

155.9

111.2

53.0

13.2

76.6

89.6

151.3

113.4

47.9

9.5

73.8

77.7

147.9

114.7

47.0

9.2

102.5

200.1

177.7

101.4

56.4

12.3

62.3

56.2

106.3

113.3

55.0

10.2

57.9

36.9

96.6

114.8

54.5

9.5

66.0

174.2

159.7

103.6

54.8

14.4

66.6

25.1

67.9

127.3

63.9

12.0

65.1

16.1

62.7

132.7

64.3

11.3

74.6

63.9

99.7

98.7

61.4

15.3

71.1

31.4

72.6

134.2

69.7

13.5

66.4

23.6

66.5

136.1

68.8

12.7

90.0

97.8

117.0

121.1

73.6

18.1

54.2

25.6

47.8

111.9

65.2

11.3

51.3

17.9

40.0

114,1

66,5

10,9

7f .6

82,9

96,4

101.7

58.4

13,2

75.7

*

44.5

123.8

100,9

19.4

74.5

●

40.4

123.3

101.2

18.3

77.9

*

77.5

119.9

86.7

23.4

82.2

*

57.3

129.8

103.4

21.2

81.8

*

55.5

129.8

103.4

20.6

76.6

*

79.0

121.1

90.3

19.3

73.5

*

41.1

117.3

102.4

23.0

71.9

*

35.8

115,8

101.7

21.6

91.9

*

93.7

131.3

132.5

29.0

30
Table 12. Birth rates by educational attainment and age of mother and race of child: 15 largest reporting States, 1980–Con.

[Rates are live births per 1,000 women residing In the area in specified group. Figures for educational attainment not stated are distributed]

Years of school oompleted by mother

0-11 12 1s15 16 years

Statet sndrace of child Total years years years or more

New York

All races:

i5-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White

M-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

lF.-19yeats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black

lS44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

North Carollna

All racex

15-14years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3M4years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

While

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

lS19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24yeers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ohio

All races:

15-44yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3.5-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3rX34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

See notesat end oftable.

58.4

34.8

1%

65,8

14.6

54.4

28.3

80.6

105.7

64.0

13.2

73.3

73.0

127.1

107.0

66.4

18.3

60.6

57.5

105.9

95.6

47.6

6.6

54.6

44.9

97.5

96.3

46.6

7.4

76.6

87.5

126.3

92.4

46.2

126

67.5

52.5

117.3

114.4

57.1

10,2

65.1

46.1

113.1

115.1

56.6

9.7

86.7

100.0

148.9

108.5

56.7

12.5

45.7

30.7

141.9

91.1

46.7

12.2

38.8

23.1

137.0

85.3

42.9

10.6

64.3

61.3

144.1

94.7

50.2

14.8

53.6

53.6

145.6

71.2

29.9

7.4

46.3

42.9

1425

66.5

26.2

5.7

66.6

77.5

147.2

75.9

35.9

10.4

52.8

43.7

165.9

60.3

34.2

8.5

49.2

38.6

165.0

79.2

33.1

8.2

75.5

60.0

169.8

66.6

40.4

10.3

71.6

54.8

127.9

127.0

63.8

13.8

66.6

41.6

119.3

124.8

59.5

11.9

90.4

133.4

165.8

125.3

75.2

20.2

66.8

79.4

136.7

94.6

37.9

7.4

58.3

59.5

128.5

91.9

33.9

5.9

93.6

135.6

156.3

100.1

50.1

14.2

74.8

84.6

141.5

113.3

45.9

8.5

72.3

74.3

137.8

113.7

45.2

8.1

97.4

180.0

170.6

109.5

50.9

11.9

52.6

16.3

45.7

107.1

64.8

13.3

50.4

10.7

40.0

109.5

64.8

12.1

83.3

53.2

78.7

96.4

61.5

17.0

54.1

23.2

57.2

105.9

53.2

8.4

51.7

13.0

52.3

109.5

54.0

7.8

62.1

51.9

72.1

93.4

48.3

11.0

67.0

28.4

65.2

131.7

67.1

12.5

64.1

19.8

58.8

134.3

66.2

12.0

87.1

91.1

111.2

116.6

77.8

14.9

58.6

*

31.6

87.6

84.5

21.0

57.1

*

27.9

65.9 ‘

83.8

19.9

65.7

*

66.5

94.4

62.0

26.2

70.6

*

47.5

113.0

90.7

16.5

70.0

*

40.9

114.7

92.0

15.5

69.8

*

78.4

96.2

78.8

19.4

78.1

*

45.8

127.5

102.7

17.7

77.3

*

42.9

127.2

103.0

16.9

83.3

*

75.8

126.0

91.1

23.2

31
Table 12. Birth rates by educational attainment and age of mother and race of child: 15 largest reporting States, 1980–Con.

[Rates are live births per 1,000 women residing In the area in specified group. Figures for educational attainment not stated are distributed]

Years of school completed by mother

0-11 12 13=15 16 years

Statei and race of chi/d Total years years years or more

Pennsylvania

All races:

15-44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19 years . . . . . . . . .

2C-24years . . . . . . . . . .. III. :::::::;:;;::

25-29 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White:

15-44years ...,,....,.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . .,, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3C-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tennessee

All races:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Vlrglnla

All races:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34yeare . ., ...,,..., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . .,, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25–29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Seenotes at end oftable.

60.1

40.6

97.5

109.8

56.4

10.4

43.8

33.3

i 50.7

80,1

34,9

8.1

67.2

65.7

122.s

110.7

48.1

8.9

56.7

1S.2

46.2

121.6

66.8

12.1

73,5

*

40.7

115.1

100.3

19.5

5S.2

34.5

93.4

111.2

58.5

10.3

39.7

27.8

150.8

80.4

33.7

8.4

65.1

56.8

119.0

111.6

47.8

8.6

55.4

14,5

44,7

124.5

66.8

12.3

72.8

*

37.5

115.2

99.8

18.7

75.9

91.4

132,0

94.6

51,8

9.8

66.s

74.2

149.1

75.7

37.1

86.9

182.4

157.4

100.0

47.8

11.0

68.2

62.1

80.6

99.9

63.5

9.7

76.6

*

86.8

100.2

90.7

5.6 25.2

64.2

64.1

114.9

98.4

48.5

9.3

5s.1

58.9

159.4

73.8

33.6

8.5

68.7

91.5

136.7

95.8

39.6

7.8

60.2

28.4

66.4

112.8

55.9

10.3

73.6

*

56.5

118.5

87,2

17.0

59,5

54,9

109.2

97.8

46.3

8.6

53.5

51.9

155.5

72.S

62.5

74.9

130.s

93.6

36.8

7.2

55.5

16.2

59.2

113.4

53.4

9.5

72.8

*

51.2

119.7

87.3

15.8

29.8

7.8

86.5

101.3

138.0

99.s

58.7

13,6

76.8

86.3

174.1

77.9

4S.6

11.0

101.9

166.4

161.2

104.9

55.0

13.4

81.4

75.5

92.6

109.8

68.2

17.0

76.0

*

86.6

10s.0

81,3

22.8

59.9

48.4

97.9

100.0

57.3

11.4

49.0

43.3

147.8

76.2

33.2

7.6

67.3

72.8

126.3

99.3

43.0

9.1

54.9

21.6

54.0

108,5

59.8

12.0

70.8

*

39.1

109.7

96.7

21.7

55,7

38.2

S9.5

100.3

57.5

10.9

42.3

33.8

142.6

73.4

29.6

7,0

61.3

5s.3

119.3

97.5

41.5

8.1

52.8

15.6

48.7

112.6

60.3

11.8

69,1

*

33.5

108.4

97.6

21.1

76.2

82.8

128.1

96.7

51.2

12.5

67.0

73,1

160.0

93.1

133.2

150,8

104.2

47.5

14.7

64.6

47.8

75.3

94.0

55.2

12.1

77.1

*

81.0

110.7

89.3

21.6

79.8

40.2

9.4

32
Table 12. Birth rates by educational attainment and age of mother and race of child: 15 largest repoti”ng States, 1980–Con.

[Rates are live births per 1,000 women residing in the area in specfied group. Figures for educational attainment not stated are distributed]

Years of school completed by mother

0-11 12 13-75 16 years

Statei and race of child Total years years years or more

Wisconsin

All races

15-44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-19yeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black:

15-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15-i9years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20-24years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25-29yeam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3C-34years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35-44years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

69.1

39.4

112.3

128.2

66.9

12.1

67.2

34.6

109.3

128.5

87.1

11.6

97.6

125.3

157.4

115.0

51.4

17.3

44.9

30.7

160.4

91.0

39.9

10.4

39.3

25.4

157.3

87.7

39.1

9.3

91.7

114.3

155.8

87.1

35.3

13.5

77.6

68.2

143.6

127.7

52.0

10.1

76.1

63.7

141.3

127.9

51.9

9.8

110.5

174.1

189.5

124.9

49.5

17.6

69.9

22.4

64.7

138.7

70.8

12.8

68.8

19.9

82.4

139.2

71.0

123

90.7

93.2

116.5

126.2

56.6

25.3

84.5

*

49.7

133.7

113.1

20.8

83.9

*

48.4

133.3

112.5

20.2

84.5

*

103.6

127.1

92.9

*2I .7

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Table 15. Live births by race of child and female population 1!5-44 years of age by race: 47 reporting States and the

District of Columbia, 1980

Live births Women ages 15-44 years

All All

Area racesi White Black racesl WhJfe Black

New England

Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

RhodeIsland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Middle Atlantic

New York, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

East North Central

Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Illinoi s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

West North Central

Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

South Atlantic

Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

DisirictofColumbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

WestVlrginla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Norlh Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

East South Central

Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

West South Centralz

Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mountain

Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pacific3

Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

16,461

13,745

7,884

72,632

12,188

38,781

239,011

96,866

156,823

169,148

88,440

190,058

i 45,509

74,825

67,773

47,614

78,934

11,982

13,276

27,352

40,716

9,413

59,932

9,361

78,443

29,464

84,496

51,978

92,313

131,795

59,582

69,219

63,503

47,845

37,278

82,163

52,106

14,206

20,167

10,562

49,730

26,115

50,048

41,797

13,320

43,127

9,529

18,161

16,160

13,533

7,815

66,136

11,091

33,608

180,145

74,707

137,094

144,118

78,079

140,660

119,087

68,552

63,891

46,031

66,148

10,985

11,396

25,481

36,299

7,134

40,451

1,407

57,490

28,131

57,292

30,608

57,621

96,375

53,508

53,072

40,692

24,709

27,702

50,215

41,448

12,737

19,584

10,059

45,722

21,671

42,186

40,160

11,150

40,205

6,620

4,324

81

89

28

5,232

749

4.656

49,488

19,948

19,858

23,418

9,656

41,378

24,109

4,755

1,503

1,139

11,916

109

79

1,307

3,441

2,184

17,917

7,839

19,193

1,208

24,954

20,919

33,834

33,956

5,601

15,570

22,437

22,726

9,215

30,993

5,238

54

79

116

2,410

649

2,123

220

1,312

1,005

461

595

253,883

218,754

122,949

1,358,236

215,420

720,114

4,092,304

1,689,732

2,640,725

2,505,001

1,279,711

2,666,465

2,191,648

1,083,493

958,930

649,065

1,113,411

145,358

150,468

353,391

529,873

143,630

1,042,235

170,038

1,308,656

431,654

1,394,410

746,471

1,326,719

2,059,621

843,986

1,078,212

898,215

570,419

502,667

999,083

683,542

182,017

214,922

111,530

733,339

310,792

624,878

339,644

195,082

621,503

105,439

230,461

251,127

216,197

121,868

1,277,348

205,222

653,046

3,311,785

1,405,820

2,356,008

2,214,833

1,165,800

2, 175,! 44

1,863,585

1,020,706

928,675

633,133

974,856

139,276

139,227

336,477

489,605

116,708

754,437

50,443

1,031,501

414,869

1,044,665

507,284

943,475

1,695,766

777,516

891,473

657,202

363,987

414,626

665,765

591,151

171,455

209,771

108,025

691,079

274,958

562,211

327,034

~72,277

593,085

83,559

84,791

704

997

270

63,336

7,403

59,398

674,961

248,865

261,719

270,082

103,574

434,519

298,850

48,689

12,764

10,237

127,050

494

422

11,996

30,078

25,100

265,118

117,019

251,987

14,381

324,863

234,888

371,618

61,496

179,674

234,782

202,313

82.647

47;622

272

537

749

26,219

5,545

17,358

2,003

13,460

8,569

3,397

3,485

1Includes races other than white and black.

‘Data are not avsilable for Texas, which did not report educational attainment of nwther on birlh certificate.

‘Data are not available for Cal fornia and Washington, which did not report educational attainment of mother on birth certificate.

NOTE Populations in this table dffer from those prevlu.sly publlshed by the National Cerder for Heelth Statistics. (See Teffel SM. Sirth and fertility rates for .Stales, United 6iates, 1!9S0. Vital Health

Stat21(42). lW,)These populations are fmmasmple of the1980census ofpopulatlo~ thepreviously published datawere b=edoncomple@ counts fromthecensus.

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Table 16. Live births by race of child and female population 15-44 years of age by race: 15 largest reporting Stetes, 1985

Mve birihs Women ages 15-44 years

All All

Siate raced White Black racesf White Black

Total, 151argest States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

NewYork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

North Carolina, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,820,600

163,816

96,340

180,737

60,946

61,780

138,021

76,978

105,566

259,485

89,397

160,474

160,528

66,757

86,052

73,743

1,433,500

122,127

61,968

138,604

71,697

73,589

113,064

64,065

81,764

192,964

61,769

135,693

136,063

51,018

63,171

65,944

350,616

39,609

33,228

38,892

8,534

6,068

22,871

11,950

20,564

57,485

25,218

23,033

22,338

15,181

20,368

5,677

29,106,000

2,526,000

1,369,000

2,681,000

1,378>000

1,471,000

2,215,000

1,166,000

1,880,000

4,257,000

1,434,000

2,503,000

2,650,000

1,121,000

1,420,000

1,035,000

24,179,000

1,982,000

984,000

2,172,000

1,274,000

1,377,000

1,832,000

1,022,000

1,527,000

3,348,000

1,080,000

2,205,000

2,371,000

919,000

1,097>000

990,000

4,377,000

498,000

368,000

431,000

90,000

73,000

329,000

123,000

308,000

766,000

335,000

273,000

249,000

198,000

295,000

39,000

1Includes races other than white and black.

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Appendixes

Contents

I. Sources ofdata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Population bases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

II. Reliability ofrates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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Appendix I

Sources of data

Births

Data for 1985 are based on 100 percent of birth

certificates for all States and the District of Columbia

provided on computer tape to NCHS through the Vital

Statistics Cooperative Program (VSCP). Data for 1980 are

based on 100 percent of the birth certificates from 44

States participating in the VSCP and on a 50-percent

sample from all other States. A more detailed explanation

of the sampling procedure and sampling errors for 1980 is

contained in the NCHS annual volume, VitalStatistics of the

United States, 1980, Volume I–N@dity (10).

Birth data used to compute rates by educational attainment are based on information obtained from the birth

certificates from 47 States and the District of Columbia.

California, Texas, and Washington did not report educational attainment in either 1980 or 1985.

For reporting States, in those instances where educational attainment was not stated (1.5 percent in 1985), the

unknown cases were distributed in the same proportion as

those of known educational attainment. When computing

birth-order-specific rates for 1980 and 1985, births of unknown order (less than 1 percent) were omitted.

In 1980 and 1985, marital status for mothers in 41

States and the District of Columbia was derived directly

from the reported marital status on birth certificates; for

the remaining 9 States that did not request this information

on the birth certificate (California, Connecticut, Maryland,

Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New York, Ohio, and Texas),

marital status was inferred from a comparison of the child’s

and parents’ surnames. A detailed explanation of this procedure is presented elsewhere (10). In those instances

where marital status was not stated (less than 1 percent in

1985), the births were included with those of married

women for both 1980 and 1985.

The racial designation used in the report is that of the

child, which is determined from the race of parents as

entered on the birth certificate. When the parents are of

different races and one parent is white, the child is assigned

the other parent’s race. When the parents are of different

races and neither parent is white, the child is assigned the

father’s race with one exception: If the mother is Hawaiian

or part Hawaiian, the child is considered Hawaiian. When

the race of one parentis missing on the certificate, the child

is assigned the race of the other parent. When race is not

reported for either parent, the child is assigned the race of

the child on the immediately preceding birth certificate.

Population bases

To compute birth rates by age and educational attainment for 1980 and 1985, tabulations of the female population by age, race, marital status, number of children, and

educational attainment were obtained fi-om data tapes provided by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Data for California, Texas, and Washington were excluded because these

States did not report educational attainment of the mother

on the birth certificate for either year.

Birth and fertility rates for the total reporting areas and

individual States for 1980 are based on the total resident

populations of the respective areas. These populations

exclude the Armed Forces abroad but include the Armed

Forces stationed in each area. Students attending college

are considered residents of the area in which they attend

school.

Birth and fertility rates for the total reporting area and

individual States for 1985 are based on population data

from the Current Population Survey, June 1985: Marital

History and Fertility. The survey sample consists of all

persons in the civilian noninstitutionalized population of

the United States living in households. Information on

sampling procedures and survey methods is presented in a

U.S. Bureau of the Census report (11).

All rates shown in this report were computed using

unrounded populations.

The 1980 population data by race have been modified

for this report to maintain comparability with previous

census and vital statistics data series. Details of these

modification procedures may be found in a U.S. Bureau of

the Census publication (12).

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Appendix II

Reliability of rates

Births-The birth data used for 1980 were derived

from complete counts of the births for 44 States and from

50-percent samples of births occurring in the remaining 6

States and the District of Columbia. Birth data for 1985

were derived from complete counts of the births for all

States. Because the numbers of births for most rates are

relatively large, the standard error (expressed as a percent

of the rate) is generally small. In cases where the rate is

based on fewer than 20 births, the rate is marked with an

asterisk (*) to denote that it does not meet standards of

reliability or precision.

Popul&”on data-The populations used to compute

rates for 1980 are based on a very large sample of the 1980

census. Where the denominator for a rate is fewer than 300

estimated women, the rate is marked with an asterisk (*).

The populations used to compute rates for 1985 are based

on the June 1985 Current Population Survey, a substantially smaller household survey. Where the denominator for

a rate is fewer than 75,000 estimated women, the rate is

marked with an asterisk. Rates shown with an asterisk

should be considered with great caution. The sample estimates on which they are based do not have sufficient

reliability for many analytic purposes. These guidelines

follow the suggestions of the U.S. Bureau of the

Census (3,13). If neither the births nor the population meet

these specified guidelines, an asterisk alone is shown. If the

population is zero, a rate cannot be computed, and an

asterisk alone is shown.

In accordance with NCHS editing procedures, when

mothers ages 15–17 years are reported to have completed

16 years or more of schooling, the educational attainment is

considered “not stated” because the reported age of

mother and educational attainment level are not compatible. Consequently, no rates are computed for mothers ages

15–17 with 16 years or more of schooling. At the State

level, no rates are shown for mothers ages 15–19 years with

16 years or more of schooling because the numbers of

births and populations are very small.

Rates marked with an asterisk and rates baaed on few

births or small populations (as indicated in tablles 13-16)

should be used with great caution. Care must be taken in

the interpretation of small differences among such rates.

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