title: Nuptiality and fertility in the Dominican Republic.
abstract: Women in marital unions had more live births than those in consensual unions. The relationship between cumulative fertility and the number of fertile sexual unions is positive for the early childbearing years and negative for the later ones. There is no consistent pattern of relationship between fertility and the sociocultural independent variables for different subgroups according to nuptiality pattern. The relationship between fertility and nuptiality in the Dominican Republic is consistent with that for the Caribbean region.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Ebanks
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Loaiza
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004293:Dominican Republic; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged