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boundaries and creation of an SMSA is the reason for its
selection as the unit of analysis. Since the geographical
components of the SMSA, i.e., counties and their urbanized
areas, are interrelated, the total SMSA may be treated as
representing a labor market. It could also be considered
as a marriage market, since men and women of marriageable
age interact in the SMSA for social and economic reasons.
A further justification for the use of the SMSA is that using
the central city is limited since central cities are inter-
dependent with their hinterlands, and central city boundaries
are often not natural boundaries of the social and economic
area. The SMSA better represents a natural area.
The population is defined as the one-hundred largest
SMSAs in the United States, and appears in Table II. The
one-hundred largest SMSAs are being used since some of the
data required for the study do not exist for SMSAs smaller
than a population of 250,000. For example, "the cumulative
number of children ever born to ever-married women per 1,000
women" is not compiled by the Census Bureau for SMSAs with
a population of less than 250,000.
Concepts and Operational Definitions
Several concepts are operationalized during empirical
investigation. The following four concepts are utilized:
(1) occupational opportunities for women, (2) career parti-
cipation, (3) fertility, and (4) percentage married by
specified age groups.
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Ross, Patricia A. An Investigation of the Relationship Among Occupational Opportunities for Women, Marriage, and Fertility, dissertation, May 1977; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330883/m1/54/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .