The Demographic Transition

Stage Four

Bibliographic Data

ID2188592
AuthorsRoberta L Hall (corresponding author)
Year1972
Volume13
Issue2
Pages212-215
Publication date1972-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCurrent Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-3204 • E-ISSN: 1537-5382
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/201270
OpenAlexW2080749229
LanguageEN
Citations received6

The concept of the three-stage demographic transition from preindustrial to industrial society is here reviewed and revised. The rules of the third stage of the transition, in which socioeconomic development of the society and upper economic status of individuals are associated with declining fertility, do not apply to 20th-century America. A fourth stage, in which fertility level is positively related to the condition of the economy, is described for the native white urban population of 20th-century America. The speculation is offered that a fifth stage may be developing, in which the attainment of equal social and employment status by women is related to a decline in fertility. Though technological change is the prime mover throughout, demographic changes are effected through changes in the economic structure of society

Demographic economics · Demographic transition · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Family planning · Fertility · Population · Research methodology · Social change · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Speculation · Stage (stratigraphy · Total fertility rate · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Economic Growth and Productivity · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management

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