General Fertility Rate from Vital Statistics versus Share of Women with Child under One from Censuses
| Vital Statistics (GFR) | Census (Share of Women with Child <1) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1970 | |Change| | 1960 | 1970 | |Change| | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
| Southern Black | 160 | 118 | 41 | 126 | 86 | 40 |
| Southern white | 109 | 85 | 24 | 102 | 75 | 27 |
| Northern Black | 142 | 107 | 35 | 113 | 82 | 31 |
| Northern white | 112 | 83 | 29 | 107 | 76 | 31 |
Notes: Table entries report the GFR calculated using Vital Statistics versus the share of women ages 14–44 living with an own-child under age one (multiplied by 1,000) from Decennial Censuses, within the indicated racial group, region, and year. The South consists of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, and the North consists of the balance of the lower 48 states. The utilized Vital Statistics and census samples are described in Sections I and II, respectively.