Title: The Effects of Socioeconomic Characteristics on Fertility in 20 Countries
Abstract: Analysis of World Fertility Survey data. Womens participation in the labor force was found to be the most important of 6 characteristics studied in reducing marital fertility in developing countries. Women in the countries studied can expect to have an average of 5.7 children after 25 years of marriage--ranging from 4.1 children in Costa Rica to 8.9 children in Jordan. Urban fertility is considerably lower than rural fertility with much of the difference attributable to differences in education and employment opportunities. Although wifes education has a greater influence on fertility than husbands it is associated with a net fertility differential of 1 child or more in only 7 of the 27 populations studied. Wifes work status however has a significant independent effect in 19 populations. In only 9 of the 27 populations is there a regular pattern of fertility decline associatied with level of modernization. (summaries in ENG FRE)
Publication Year: 1981
Publication Date: 1981-09-01
Language: en
Type: article
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