Women's employment and fertility in Québec

Bibliographic Data

ID4266803
AuthorsNatalie Kyriazis (Concordia University), Jacques Henripin (Université de Montréal)
Year1982
Volume36
Issue3
Pages431
Publication date1982-11-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopulation Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2174054
PMID11630828
OpenAlexW4248867981, W1970765059
LanguageFR
Citations received1
References cited8

In this study the relationship between women's employment and actual, desired and expected fertility in the province of Quebec is analysed using 1971 survey data. Given the sharp decline in Catholic fertility over the past 20 years, which implies a wide use of effective contraception and, therefore, rational family planning, the micro-econonic framework was used as an explanatory scheme. The findings indicate that economic factors are important determinants of employment and fertility, but less so than factors associated with the life cycle. It is further shown that in all three models tested, there is no reciprocal relationship between employment and fertility. A general conclusion that emerges from the findings is that in this sample of Catholic women, a more traditional orientation that places greater importance on the mother role as opposed to the worker role is still prevalent

Demographic economics · Economics · Family planning · Fertility · Labour economics · National Survey of Family Growth · Political science · Population · Reciprocal · Research methodology · Sample (material) · Sociology · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Healthcare Systems and Practices · Psychology · Social Policies and Family

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