Development, “welfare,” and fertility
A simple macroanalysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5958675 |
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| Authors | Antony Raymont (University of Auckland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 110-113 |
| Publication date | 1989-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Biodemography and Social Biology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1948-5565 • E-ISSN: 1948-5573 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19485565.1989.9988723 |
| PMID | 2814564 |
| OpenAlex | W1991968241 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Accepting the theoretical position that desired family size is likely to diminish as economic modernization occurs, the author analyzes the association between fertility and development using recent national data from less developed countries. Measures of income and equality are combined to provide an index of population "welfare." Multiple and cross-lagged correlations are used to demonstrate the magnitude and nature of the relationship between welfare and fertility rates. Despite inadequacies of the data, high negative correlations are obtained, and evidence is advanced to show that the direction of causation is from welfare to fertility
Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Family planning · Fertility · Index (typography · Modernization theory · Population · Position (finance · Research methodology · Sociology · Total fertility rate · Welfare · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Income, Poverty, and Inequality
| Highly cited | No |
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