The Effect of Child Mortality on Contraceptive Use and Fertility in Colombia, Costa Rica and Korea

Bibliographic Data

ID4751967
AuthorsBarbara S Mensch (0000-0003-1073-9135, Columbia University, corresponding author)
Year1985
Volume39
Issue2
Pages309-327
Publication date1985-07-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopulation Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0032472031000141506
OpenAlexW2029746783
LanguageEN
Citations received11

In this paper the question whether reproductive behaviour is consciously altered by the death of a child is answered by using World Fertility Survey data from Colombia, Costa Rica, and Korea. Alternative strategies are proposed by which women replace children who have died. They may choose to contracept for a shorter period following the death of a child, or they may cease using contraception. Each strategy is analysed separately for selected birth intervals and its effect estimated with loglinear techniques. It is found that the timing and nature of the response to child mortality appear to depend on the stage reached in a country's fertility transition

Birth rate · Child mortality · Developed country · Family planning · Fertility · Geography · Population · Research methodology · Sociology · Total fertility rate · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management

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