Factors involved in the Decline of Fertility in Spain 1900-1950

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ID4268554
AutoresJ William Leasure (autor de correspondencia)
Año1963
Volumen16
Número3
Páginas271-285
Fecha de publicación1963-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPopulation Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00324728.1963.10416454
OpenAlexW4300487744
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas44

A statistical analysis is made of the social and economic characteristics associated with the decline of marital fertility in Spain, variables examined on a provincial basis are marriage patterns, marital fertility, and indices of industrialization, urbanization, and literacy. Cross-section and time-series analyses of the data do not indicate a strong association between fertility and the above indicators of development. Rural-urban differentials in marital fertility are small when examined by province. Sharp regional differences in marital fertility are apparent for historical and linguistic regions in Spain, it appears that within a region the provincial marital fertility rates are fairly constant regardless of whether the province is rural or urban, agricultural or industrial. However, one region may have an average rate approximately twice that of another. The inference is that cultural factors, which may arise from a common historical and linguistic heritage within a region, are closely assoc

Birth rate · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Family planning · Fertility · Geography · Industrialisation · Literacy · Marital status · Population · Research methodology · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Total fertility rate · Urbanization · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving