University of California, Berkeley.
Demography. 1967 Mar;4(1):196-209. doi: 10.2307/2060361.
The objectives of this paper were to review and summarize the existing literature on Jewish fertility and to discuss the highlights of data on fertility trends and differentials based on survey data obtained on the Jewish population of the metropolitan area of Providence, Rhode Island. The literature consistently confirmed the finding of lower fertility among Jews since the 1880's in the United States and for the last seventy-five years in a variety of European countries.A review of available data on fertility trends and differentials within the Jewish population indicated contradictory and inconsistent findings. The Providence survey data pointed to changing patterns of fertility among Jews and clarified a number of seeming inconsistencies. These data suggested (1) the pre-World War II decline and postwar recovery of Jewish fertility; (2) the change from an inverse relationship of social class and Jewish fertility among first-generation Jews to a direct relationship among second- and third-generation Jews; (3) the changing relationship of religiosity and Jewish fertility, which reflects social class changes.Finally, an attempt is made to clarify the interpretation of these and related findings by placing the analysis of Jewish fertility in the context of assimilation and acculturation.
本文旨在回顾和总结有关犹太人生育力的现有文献，并讨论基于罗得岛普罗维登斯都会区犹太人调查数据的生育趋势和差异数据的要点。文献一致证实，自 19 世纪 80 年代以来，美国的犹太人生育率较低，在过去的 75 年里，欧洲各国的犹太人生育率也较低。对犹太人人口中生育趋势和差异的现有数据的回顾表明，结果存在矛盾和不一致。普罗维登斯调查数据显示了犹太人的生育模式正在发生变化，并澄清了一些看似矛盾的现象。这些数据表明：(1) 犹太人的生育力在二战前下降，战后恢复；(2) 第一代犹太人中社会阶级与犹太人生育力呈反比关系，而在第二代和第三代犹太人中呈正比关系；(3) 宗教信仰与犹太人生育力的关系正在发生变化，这反映了社会阶级的变化。最后，试图通过将犹太人的生育分析置于同化和文化适应的背景下，来澄清对这些和相关发现的解释。
