Social status and fertility
A study of a town and three villages in Northwestern Iran
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4268902 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary‐jo Delvecchio Good, Mary-Jo Delvecchio Good, Grant M Farr, B J Good (0000-0003-0730-3197) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 311-319 |
| Publication date | 1980-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00324728.1980.10410392 |
| PMID | 22077127 |
| OpenAlex | W2044815417 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 3 |
Studies of the relationship between social status and fertility in developing societies have shown diverse results. This study suggests that such findings result in part from problems in the conceptualization of social stratification and social status. In developing societies such as Iran the differentiation of modern and traditional cultural (and occupational) groups within social classes has resulted in the emergence of a dual hierarchy. Measures of social status must therefore reflect these conceptually distinct hierarchies, rather than be limited to linear scales. Figures from a study in a town and three villages in northwest Iran undertaken in 1973 are analyzed. Findings indicate that for women in towns, as social status increases within both traditional and modern occupational hierarchies (husband's occupation) and as measured by income, education and index of modern items, there is a general and almost monotonic decrease in the number of living children, children ever-born, and ideal number of children, with an increase in age at marriage and contraceptive use. The social and cultural homogeneity of the village sample is reflected in the relatively small variations in fertility-related behaviour and attitudes; however, fertility differences between landed and landless villages appear similar to the pattern found in the urban samples. The differences in the fertility behaviour of village and urban women of similar income and educational status indicate that fertility behaviour is related partially to class and partially to status distinctions between urban and rural communities
Conceptualization · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Fertility · Geography · Occupational prestige · Political science · Population · Social class · Social science · Social status · Social stratification · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2021 (29) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |