I do not seem to have received any response to my e-mail of 28th January
(copied below).
I would be very grateful for some response now.
John Barker
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Dear all,
This thread started when on 20th December I drew attention to an apparent
discrepancy in evidence about Indian fertility in the UK.
However, a subsequent posting has shown that there is another apparent
disrepancy, this time between two quite clear claims, one specific, one more
general.
In the paper by Penn and Lambert to which I originally referred, we read:
"It is generally accepted that attitudes towards ideal family size closely
correlate with actual patterns of fertility".
But Professor Kornbrot, in her posting of 30th December stated:
"Psychological research has consistently show that the correlation between
attitudes expressed in questionniares is, at best, very loosely correlated
with behaviour.
Now Penn and Lambert give references for their claim, although I find that
one reference has the wrong provenance. But Professor Kornbrot does not give
references.
Now some members of Radstats are no doubt thoroughly familiar with the
evidence on the value of questionnaires. However, some may not be, and I
certainly am not.
So could Professor Kornbrot kindly give me and others a reference or two so
we can explore this issue?
And of course in any other members can supply evidence, that would be
useful.
Yours sincerely,
John Barker
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