TY  - JOUR
A1  - Cannon, Sarah
A1  - Percheski, Christine
T1  - Fertility change in the American Indian and Alaska Native population, 1980–2010
Y1  - 2017/07/04
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 1
EP  - 12
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2017.37.1
VL  - 37
IS  - 1
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol37/1/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol37/1/37-1.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol37/1/37-1.pdf
L3  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol37/1/files/readme.37-1.txt
L3  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol37/1/files/demographic-research.37-1.zip
N2  - Background: Since 1990, Vital Statistics reports show a dramatic decline in the total fertility rates (TFRs) of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) women in the United States. 

Objective: We study whether the decrease in TFRs is due to a real change in fertility for a stable population; a compositional change in who identifies as AI/AN; or a methodological issue stemming from differences in identifying race across the data systems used to calculate fertility rates. 

Methods: We use data from the decennial US Census to study change in AI/AN fertility from 1980–2010. 

Results: We find declining TFRs when fertility is calculated within a single data system. Additionally, although TFRs are relatively stable within the subgroups of married and unmarried AI/AN women, the proportion of AI/AN women who are married has declined across birth cohorts. 

Conclusions: The decrease in TFRs for AI/AN women is a real change in fertility patterns and is not due to differences in racial identification across data systems. 

Contribution: We update knowledge of AI/AN fertility to include the decline in TFRs between 1980 and 2010. 

ER  -