Abstract:
We appreciate the opportunity to clarify and provide additional tests of
the key elements of our age-period-cohort analysis of non-marital birth
rates in this March 2009 issue of Social Forces. Where Steve Martin, in
the robustness of our results and strengthened the case for our
interpretations. The points Martin raises and our responses should help
to clarify the nature of cohort effects and our interpretation of them. We
thank Martin for his close attention to our paper.