The changing pattern of urban fertility in eastern Australia 1966–1976
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8384269 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M G A Wilson (University of Wollongong, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 202-220 |
| Publication date | 1984-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Geographical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-9190 • E-ISSN: 1467-8470 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-8470.1984.tb00630.x |
| PMID | 12266680 |
| OpenAlex | W1991342738 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 9 |
The article seeks to enhance understanding of post‐transitional demographic change by examining the working out at the local level of the macro‐scale societal processes underpinning the recent cyclic oscillation in Australian reproductive behaviour. Variations in urban marital and overall fertility between 1966 and 1971 and between 1971 and 1976 are described and analysed. In general, inter‐urban variability in both measures diminished greatly, as did the explanatory power of ecological differentials, suggesting widespread acceptance of the small family norm throughout the study‐area. While the process of convergence was continuous for marital fertility, structural changes contributed to later divergence of overall fertility levels, in accordance with Alonso's cyclical model of change. The current low level of residual inter‐urban variability suggests that little more may be gained from analyses of this type
Demographic economics · Economics · Family planning · Fertility · Geography · Norm (philosophy · Pace · Political science · Population · Research methodology · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Total fertility rate · demographic modeling and climate adaptation · Demography · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Rural development and sustainability
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1987 - 1990 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |