Urbanization, non-familial work, education, and fertility in Taiwan

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7979925
AutoresAlden Speare, Mary C Speare, Hui-Sheng Lin, Hui‐sheng Lin
Ano1973
Volume27
Fascículo2
Páginas323-334
Data de publicação1973-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPopulation Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00324728.1973.10405713
PMID22085099
OpenAlexW2000365514
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas10

It is well known, that there is a relationship between the level of development of a society and its level offertility.(1) However, it is not clear which of the complex ofvariables associated with development are primarily associated with the reduction of fertility. Urbanization, female labour force participation and education are three of the variables most commonly cited as bearing a causal relationship to fertility. Urbanization implies a change of environment of a substantial portion of the population which may result in a change in the value placed on large families. This is particularly true when urban mortality is lower than rural, so that more children survive.(2) However, it has also been argued that urbanization results in a change in family structure from the extended to the nuclear family with a concomitant reduction in the value placed on having many children.(3) Additional changes in family patterns which are sometimes said to explain fertility reduction due to urbanization are increases in the proportion of women never marrying and increases in the age at marriage

Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Family planning · Fertility · Geography · Population · Research methodology · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Total fertility rate · Urbanization · Value (mathematics) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving