Social and Economic Structural Antecedents of Fertility

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ID2274087
AuthorsDiane E Levy (0000-0001-9446-7899, University of North Carolina Wilmington), Robert Miller (0000-0002-6801-6506, University of North Carolina Wilmington), Robert K Miller, Cecil L Willis (University of North Carolina Wilmington)
Year1984
Volume54
Issue1
Pages26-43
Publication date1984-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociological Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0245 • E-ISSN: 1475-682X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1475-682x.1984.tb00043.x
OpenAlexW2078059280
LanguageEN
References cited15

Social and economic structural characteristics of counties are used to predict differences in county fertility rates using 1970 census data for North Carolina's one hundred counties. We argue that fertility rates are affected by county social and economic structures, and hypothesize that fertility rates vary directly with level of occupational sex segregation and inversely with degree of urbanization, industrialization, population size, and female labor force participation rates of counties. Variables reflecting general sociodemographic characteristics of counties are also included in the analysis. Using multiple linear regression and factor analytic techniques, a preliminary model of social and economic structural antecedents of fertility is constructed. Three factors, which collectively account for 69 percent of the variance in fertility rates, are indicative of the importance of social and economic structural conditions in accounting for variation in local fertility

Census · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Family planning · Fertility · Geography · Industrialisation · Population · Research methodology · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Total fertility rate · Urbanization · Variance (accounting) · demographic modeling and climate adaptation · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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