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This study used multiple decrement life-table techniques to examine childbearing and marital stability among women still childless at remarriage. The results indicate that, among white women childless at remarriage, two-thirds have a first child in the new marriage, while a minority continue to be childless in a long-term second marriage or experience separation or divorce from a second marriage while still childless. Among childless black women, only one-third begin childbearing in remarriage. Further analyses explored the relationship of educational level, age, and period of remarriage to childbearing and stability in remarriage. The findings suggest that, whereas in a number of cases marital disruption delays the beginning of childbearing, in others it contributes to the development of a long-term childless lifestyle that persists through remarriage