The Value of Children in Rural and Urban Iran
A Pilot Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3019901 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Akbar Aghajanian (Shiraz University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 85-97 |
| Publication date | 1988-03-01 |
| 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.19.1.85 |
| OpenAlex | W2190884473 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 1 |
This paper reports on a pilot study of value of children in Iran. Utilizing survey data from currently married women, perceived utilities and costs of children are examined in the context of rural and urban social structure of Iran. Social functions of children, those which reinforce the status of parents in the community, are very important for both rural and urban women. Psychological utilities are expressed more by urban women and economic utilities are highly perceived by rural women. Significant inverse relationship is observed between education, consumption of modern goods, employment out of home and the index of perceived economic utilities of children. Rural urban and socioeconomic differentials in utility of children are discussed in relation to differential fertility in Iran
Consumption (sociology) · Context (archaeology) · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Fertility · Geography · Population · Rural area · Social science · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Medicine · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2021 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |