title: Regional fertility patterns in the United States:  convergence or divergence?
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'connell
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001723:Birth Rate; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D005298:Fertility; D005544:Forecasting; D005843:Geography; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012106:Research; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Birth Rate; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Differential Fertility; Estimation Technics; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Fertility Rate; Geographic Factors; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Projection; Reliability; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Factors; Total Fertility Rate; United States