Explaining fertility transitions

被引：502

作者：

Mason, KO ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] East West Ctr, Honolulu, HI 96848 USA

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DEMOGRAPHY | 1997年 / 34卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.2307/3038299

中图分类号：

C921 [人口统计学];

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摘要：

In this essay, I suggest that the crisis in our understanding of fertility transitions is more apparent than real. Although most existing theories of fertility transition have been partially or wholly discredited, this reflects a tendency to assume that all fertility transitions share one or two causes, to ignore mortality decline as a precondition for fertility decline, to assume that pretransitional fertility is wholly governed by social constraints rather than by individual decision-making, and to test ideas on a decadal time scale. I end the essay by suggesting a perceptual, interactive approach to explaining fertility transitions that is closely allied to existing theories but focuses on conditions that lead couples to switch from postnatal to prenatal controls on family size.

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