title: Demographic influences on the number of children at school entry ages, with examples from three states.
abstract: "This paper analyzes the effects of changes in fertility, mortality, and net migration patterns on the growth of school entry-age populations in three states (Florida, South Carolina, and West Virginia) over the period 1950-1990.  Fertility changes have had the largest influence on growth of these young populations, as common sense suggests. Changing migration patterns have been quite important, however, in explaining intertemporal and interspatial variations in growth rates."
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005298:Fertility; D005431:Florida; D009026:Mortality; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D013022:South Carolina; D014481:United States; D014903:West Virginia
keywords: Age Distribution; Age Factors; Americas; Demographic Factors; Demographic Impact; Developed Countries; Fertility--changes; Florida; Migration--changes; Mortality--changes; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; School Age Population; South Carolina; United States; West Virginia