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The Incipient Fertility Transition and Women’s Labor Force Participation in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1991-2005: Evidence From the Demographic and Health Surveys
Incipient fertility transition overall employment
2015/7/27
Sub-Saharan Africa has experienced an expansion of schooling, accompanied by delays in marriage and lower fertility. These trends stand to boost women’s employment prospects and foster further fertili...
Fertility Transition in Nigeria:Exploring the Role of Desired Number of Children
Fertility Transition Nigeria Desired Children
2015/7/22
Reports have suggested the onset of fertility transition in Nigeria and speculations are rife about the factors driving the observed fertility changes. This study investigates if and how 'desired numb...
Fertility Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Falling and Stalling
Fertility Stalling Education
2015/7/22
This paper uses data from the Demographic and Health Surveys to examine the current status of fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa, including the extent to which fertility decline has stalled. A...
The Role of Proximate and other Determinants in Ghana’s Fertility Transition
Proximate Customs Practices
2015/7/22
Although studies have revealed some of the factors behind Ghana’s fertility transition, much effort is still needed to explain the contribution to the transition of social factors such as beliefs, pra...
The fertility transition in South Africa: A retrospective panel data analysis
South Africa fertility education marriage social norms
2014/12/26
Since 1960 South Africa has seen a steep fall in fertility levels and currently the total fertility rate is the lowest on the African continent. Given the high prevailing levels of fertility in Africa...
Educational differentials in cohort fertility during the fertility transition in South Korea
cohort fertility decomposition education fertility differentials fertility transition parity progression ratio South Korea
2014/11/26
Background: While there has been a considerable amount of research on the association between women’s education and fertility rates, few of these studies have examined the pattern of fertility differe...
Fertility transition and social stratification in the town of Alghero, Sardinia (1866-1935)
Alghero birth control fertility transition Italy Sardinia SES differences
2014/11/26
Background: Despite the large amount of research on European fertility transition, the mechanisms of this demographic process are still poorly understood. This is particularly true in the Italian demo...
Structural and diffusion effects in the Dutch fertility transition, 1870-1940
blended models demographic transition fertility control innovation diffusion Netherlands social network structural factors
2014/11/26
Background: Ever since the Princeton European Fertility Project, structural and diffusion effects on fertility behavior have been juxtaposed. However, we still hardly know what the relative effects we...
The historical fertility transition at the micro level: Southern Sweden 1815-1939
adjustment fertility transition hazard models innovation-diffusion longitudinal data social class
2014/11/26
Background: We know a great deal about the historical fertility transition at the macro level. The dominating focus on the macro level in previous research on the fertility transition means, however, ...
From desires to behavior: Moderating factors in a fertility transition
fertility fertility preferences fertility transition intention-behavior correspondence Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa
2014/11/20
Background: Extensive research in both developed and developing countries has shown that preferences and intentions for future childbearing predict behavior. However, very little of this research has ...
Family size and intergenerational social mobility during the fertility transition: Evidence of resource dilution from the city of Antwerp in nineteenth century Belgium
Belgium demographic transition fertility nineteenth century parental investment quantity-quality trade-off resource dilution social mobility
2011/2/24
It has been argued in sociology, economics, and evolutionary anthropology that family size limitation enhances the intergenerational upward mobility chances in modernized societies. If parents have a ...
Fertility Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Falling and Stalling
fertility stalling education infant/child mortality
2009/12/3
This paper uses data from the Demographic and Health Surveys to examine the current status of fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa, including the extent to which fertility decline has stalled. A...
The end of the fertility transition in the developing world
fertility transition the developing world
2009/9/15
The main objective is to identify regularities in the past record that may provide clues to future trends. Three key findings emerge from this analysis. First, the pace of fertility decline decelerate...
Completing the fertility transition in the developing world: The role of educational differences and fertility preferences
the fertility transition developing world educational differences fertility preferences
2009/9/15
This study summarizes patterns of educational differentials in wanted and unwanted fertility at different stages of the fertility transition based on data from DHS surveys in 57 less developed countri...
The Role of Proximate Determinants in Fertility Transition: A Comparative Study of Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Fertility Transition Botswana Zambia Zimbabwe
2009/9/14
The Role of Proximate Determinants in Fertility Transition: A Comparative Study of Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe .