Fertility Decline in Cuba

A Socioeconomic Interpretation

Bibliographic Data

ID4919783
AuthorsSergio Diaz-Briquet, Sergio Díaz‐Briquets, Sergio Díaz-Briquets, Lisandro Pérez (0000-0002-5622-368X)
Year1982
Volume8
Issue3
Pages513
Publication date1982-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopulation and Development Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0098-7921 • E-ISSN: 1728-4457
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1972378
OpenAlexW2042991525
LanguageEN
Citations received13

The crude birth rate in Cuba which had been in the mid-20s per 1000 population during the 1950s climbed to the mid-30s in the years immediately following the Cuban Revolution and the fall starting in the late 1960s to reach a low of 14 per 1000 in 1980 1 of the most rapid declines on record. While observers have attributed the fertility decline to modernization over the last 2 decades the authors argue for a more complex explanation in which baby boom and bust arose from objective factors in social and economic trends and subjective factors related to public consumption aspirations and expectations. In this view the baby boom was a response to the economic achievements and social welfare reforms of the early years of the revolution and the feelings of optimism they engendered in the public. The subsequent dramatic downturn in fertility was a response to deteriorating economic conditions and wide public perception of unmet aspirations as well as modernization. (authors) (summaries in ENG FRE SPA)

Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Fertility · Geography · Interpretation (philosophy) · Political science · Population · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Cuban History and Society · Demography

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