Marital Fertility and Family Structure among the Urban Population of Iran
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2953485 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ali A Paydarfar (Department of Nutrition , School of Public Health. The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. N.C. 27514 U.S.A., corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 389-402 |
| Publication date | 1987-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/jcfs.18.3.389 |
| OpenAlex | W2294297651 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
The relationship between family type and fertility in Shiraz, a southern city of Iran, is inconsistent with the general proposition, which argues that extended family encourages high fertility and the nuclear family does not. In this analysis several socio-demographic variables (duration of marriage, marital age of couples, and educational/occupational status of wife) were controlled. The findings indicate that the couples living in nuclear families have significantly larger numbers of live births than the couples living in the extended families. A plausible explanation might be that the couples privacy in the nuclear families and their social and psychological needs for children encourage high fertilty while the economic burden of dependents in extended families discourage the couples for having large family size. This study is based on 1062 household interview cases collected in a random sample survey conducted in the city of Shiraz by the author in 1968-69
Extended family · Family life · Family planning · Fertility · Marital status · Nuclear family · Political science · Population · Research methodology · Sample (material) · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Wife · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 1995 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |