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Abstract
This paper explores the relationship between the age at first birth and the timing of subsequent fertility in Costa Rica and in four rural villages and two urban areas of Guatemala. The results indicate that, for Costa Rica, the age at first birth is significantly related to the tempo of subsequent births, and that this association, at least for the interval to second birth, remains significant when socio-economic factors and marital status at the time of first birth are held constant. While the results suggest that the age at first birth is related to timing of the second in the Guatemalan sample as well, the association is weaker and less consistent than in Costa Rica.
The author gratefully acknowledges the permission given to the International Population Program at Cornell University by the Costa Rican Office of Statistics and the Census to use data from the Costa Rican National Fertility Survey in the analysis of the Cornell/UCR re-survey, of which this paper is a part. Funding for the Cornell/UCR re-survey came from USAID grant No. pha-C-1174. The re-survey was directed by J. Mayone Stycos. The INCAP surveys in El Progreso and Petapa were funded by the Rockefeller Foundation under grant No. FR-73-30 (E7352), and were conducted by the Division of Human Development in INCAP in collaboration with the Rand Corporation. The author would like to thank colleagues at Cornell and Princeton universities for their comments and suggestions.
The author gratefully acknowledges the permission given to the International Population Program at Cornell University by the Costa Rican Office of Statistics and the Census to use data from the Costa Rican National Fertility Survey in the analysis of the Cornell/UCR re-survey, of which this paper is a part. Funding for the Cornell/UCR re-survey came from USAID grant No. pha-C-1174. The re-survey was directed by J. Mayone Stycos. The INCAP surveys in El Progreso and Petapa were funded by the Rockefeller Foundation under grant No. FR-73-30 (E7352), and were conducted by the Division of Human Development in INCAP in collaboration with the Rand Corporation. The author would like to thank colleagues at Cornell and Princeton universities for their comments and suggestions.
Notes
The author gratefully acknowledges the permission given to the International Population Program at Cornell University by the Costa Rican Office of Statistics and the Census to use data from the Costa Rican National Fertility Survey in the analysis of the Cornell/UCR re-survey, of which this paper is a part. Funding for the Cornell/UCR re-survey came from USAID grant No. pha-C-1174. The re-survey was directed by J. Mayone Stycos. The INCAP surveys in El Progreso and Petapa were funded by the Rockefeller Foundation under grant No. FR-73-30 (E7352), and were conducted by the Division of Human Development in INCAP in collaboration with the Rand Corporation. The author would like to thank colleagues at Cornell and Princeton universities for their comments and suggestions.