Socioeconomic determinants of fertility behavior in developing nations : theory and initial results /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Entwisle, Barbara
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population and Demography
Otros Autores: Hermalin, Albert I., Mason, William M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1982.
Colección:Report (National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population and Demography) ; no. 17.
Temas:
Fertility, Human > Developing countries.
Sex (Psychology)
Mathematical models.
Contraception Behavior
Models, Theoretical
Reproduction
Socioeconomic Factors
Sexualité (Psychologie)
Modèles mathématiques.
mathematical models.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Demography.
Mathematical models
Fertility, Human
Developing countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Socioeconomic Determinants of Fertility Behavior in Developing Nations: Theory and Initial Results
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • PREFACE
  • CHAPTER 1
  • 1.1 INTRODUCTION
  • The Context of Fertility Behavior
  • Fertility as a Process
  • Causality
  • 1.2 OVERVIEW OF THE MODEL
  • Intermediate Fertility Variables
  • Child Mortality
  • Sex Composition
  • Socioeconomic Variables
  • Interactions
  • Variables Omitted From the Model
  • 1.3 THE STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS
  • Onset
  • Early Outcomes
  • Endogenous Socioeconomic Variables
  • The Adjustment Variables
  • Later Child MortalityContraceptive Use Patterns
  • Later Fertility
  • Transitional Contexts
  • Traditional Contexts
  • 1.4 REDUCED AND SEMIREDUCED FORM IMPLICATIONS OF THE MODEL
  • The Need for Reduction
  • Connections With and Between Familiar Variables
  • Implied and Actual Semireduced Form Equations
  • Inferences About Coefficient Signs
  • Child Mortality
  • LCU
  • CEB
  • Child Mortality (CM)
  • Contraceptive Use (LCU)
  • Children Ever Born (CEB)
  • Discussion
  • 1.5 CONCLUSION
  • The Micro Equations
  • Hypotheses About Coefficients
  • CHAPTER 22.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 2.2 THE PROBLEM
  • 2.3 MACRO HYPOTHESES
  • Macro Determinants of Micro Slopes
  • Macro Determinants of Micro Intercepts
  • 2.4 DATA AND VARIABLES EMPLOYED
  • 2.5 ILLUSTRATION OF OPERATIONALIZATION
  • Macro Comparison
  • Micro Results for Peru and Korea
  • Age at First Birth (AFB)
  • Early Fertility (EF)
  • Later Fertility (LF)
  • 2.6 MACRO ANALYSIS
  • Within-Country Differences
  • Between-Country Variability
  • AFB and EF Slopes
  • LF Slopes
  • Intercepts
  • 2.7 SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION
  • NOTES
  • GLOSSARY

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