Indicators of Marriage and Fertility in the United States from the American Community Survey: 2000 to 2003

A new American Community Survey (Census Bureau) report was released on Indicators of Marriage and Fertility in the United States: 2000 to 2003 by Tallese Johnson and Jane Dye. According to the survey, California leads the nation in language barriers among women giving birth, with 20.6% of women giving birth in California hospitals not speaking English or not speaking it well. The survey also shows that one-third of women giving birth in California are not citizens.

The survey is available online at
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/fertility/mar-fert-slides.html