title: Replicating family size:  does living in a single parent family matter?
abstract: "This paper examines how living in a single parent family affects intergenerational marriage patterns regarding preferred family size.  Data collected from 1,300 college students at a large midwestern [U.S.]  university provide further evidence of a positive relationship between number of siblings in one's family of origin and preferred marital family size.  However, this relationship does not hold for all groups.  Factors affecting preferred family size differ for males and females from intact and nonintact family structures. The positive relationship between size of family of orientation and family of procreation holds only for individuals from intact homes."
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Freymeyer
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D019049:Developed Countries; D005191:Family Characteristics; D009656:North America; D020954:Single-Parent Family; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Developed Countries; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Size; Family Size, Desired; North America; Northern America; One Parent Family; United States