NEW YORK, Aug. 14, 2006
Families Getting Larger
Child Magazine Expert: Sociologists Say New Stats Significant
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Play CBS Video Video Couples Having Bigger Families Following a background report about the Arcaro family, Child magazine's Andrea Barbalich explains to Tracy Smith why more families are deciding to have three or more children.
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Child magazine's Andrea Barbalich on The Early Show Monday (CBS/The Early Show)
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According to this month's Child magazine, a growing number of couples are having three or more children, and it appears to be a trend.
The birth rate for families with a third child rose from 10.3 per one thousand women in 1980 to 11.1 per one thousand in 2003. Rates for fourth kids are also higher: 3.9 per one thousand in 1980 compared to 4.3 in 2003.
Sociologists consider this significant, because these figures rarely increase.
Also, a growing number of larger families are well-to do.
In 2004, 32 percent of those in the top 5 per cent of the nation's family income levels had two or more kids whereas, in 1990, only 23 percent had to or more, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Andrea Barbalich, executive editor of Child magazine, visited The Early Show Monday and discussed the numbers with Tracy Smith.
To watch the segment, click here.
To read the article in Child magazine, click here.
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