Socio-economic status and fertility decline
Insights from historical transitions in Europe and North America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7980225 |
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| Authors | M Dribe (0000-0003-2340-4668, Lund University), Marco Breschi (0000-0001-9025-2487, University of Sassari), Alain Gagnon (0000-0002-6758-9716, Université de Montréal), Danielle Gauvreau (0000-0002-0219-932X, Concordia University), Heidi A Hanson (0000-0003-0056-196X, University of Utah), Thomas N Maloney (0000-0001-8231-9936, University of Utah), Stanislao Mazzoni (0000-0003-3910-3237, University of Sassari), Joseph Molitoris (0000-0001-6038-8332, University of Copenhagen), Lucia Pozzi (0000-0002-4039-8215, University of Sassari), Kendra R Smith (0000-0003-0682-3705, University of Utah), Ken R Smith (University of Utah), Hélène Vézina (0000-0002-3002-309X, University of Quebec at Chicoutimi) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-21 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-02 |
| 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 | 10.1080/00324728.2016.1253857 |
| PMID | 27884093 |
| OpenAlex | W2471368527 |
| Language | IT |
| Citations received | 37 |
| References cited | 77 |
The timings of historical fertility transitions in different regions are well understood by demographers, but much less is known regarding their specific features and causes. In the study reported in this paper, we used longitudinal micro-level data for five local populations in Europe and North America to analyse the relationship between socio-economic status and fertility during the fertility transition. Using comparable analytical models and class schemes for each population, we examined the changing socio-economic differences in marital fertility and related these to common theories on fertility behaviour. Our results do not provide support for the hypothesis of universally high fertility among the upper classes in pre-transitional society, but do support the idea that the upper classes acted as forerunners by reducing their fertility before other groups. Farmers and unskilled workers were the latest to start limiting their fertility. Apart from these similarities, patterns of class differences in fertility varied significantly between populations
Demographic economics · Demographic transition · Economics · Family planning · Fertility · Geography · Limiting · Population · Research methodology · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Total fertility rate · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Historical Economic and Social Studies
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| Citation velocity | current |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 36 |