Culture and Human Fertility
Title | Culture and Human Fertility PDF eBook |
Author | Frank Lorimer |
Publisher | Praeger |
Pages | 520 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Culture and Fertility
Title | Culture and Fertility PDF eBook |
Author | Nor Laily Aziz (Datin.) |
Publisher | Institute of Southeast Asian |
Pages | 112 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 997190215X |
One of the salient features to strike the researcher doing the study on culture and fertility of the people in Peninsular Malaysia is the cultural heterogeneity of its present population. Although the Malays or "bumiputeras" (sons of the soil) were original residents, other ethnic groups, mainly the Indonesians, Chinese and Indians, have contributed to current size, composition and distribution of the population through the process of immigration in the course of history. the topical areas under the first two sections of this monograph are indeed very wide, both in time and other perspectives. As a result, we have demarcated the period prior to the impact of colonialism and the growth of plural society during the British period as points in time which have relevant demographic and cultural significance for the purposes of this paper.
Culture and Fertility
Title | Culture and Fertility PDF eBook |
Author | Chen-Tung Chang |
Publisher | Institute of Southeast Asian |
Pages | 114 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9971902168 |
As discussed in this paper, fertility behaviour is determined by various factors such as ethnicity, education, income and other variables. In Singapore, ethnicity is found to be the most significant factor affecting all the four fertility-related measures, namely, the number of children ever born, desired family size, wife's age at first marriage, and current contraceptive use.
Diffusion Processes and Fertility Transition
Title | Diffusion Processes and Fertility Transition PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 286 |
Release | 2001-12-15 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0309076102 |
This volume is part of an effort to review what is known about the determinants of fertility transition in developing countries and to identify lessons that might lead to policies aimed at lowering fertility. It addresses the roles of diffusion processes, ideational change, social networks, and mass communications in changing behavior and values, especially as related to childbearing. A new body of empirical research is currently emerging from studies of social networks in Asia (Thailand, Taiwan, Korea), Latin America (Costa Rica), and Sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya, Malawi, Ghana). Given the potential significance of social interactions to the design of effective family planning programs in high-fertility settings, efforts to synthesize this emerging body of literature are clearly important.
Culture and Human Fertility
Title | Culture and Human Fertility PDF eBook |
Author | Frank Lorimer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1954 |
Genre | Fertility |
ISBN |
Culture and Fertility
Title | Culture and Fertility PDF eBook |
Author | Parsudi Suparlan |
Publisher | Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |
Pages | 53 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9971902133 |
These five countries monographs, stemming from a regional research project on "Culture and fertility in Southeast Asia", initiated by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, aim at bridging a gap in the study of relationship between ethnicity and fertility in the region. Developed on essentially the same lines, each monograph presents in turn the individual country's historical background leading to the present social structure; the patterns of intergroup behaviour; population policies and family planning programmes; the development of the demographic structure; and finally an analysis of available secondary data, using multiple classification analysis, to determine the impact of key variables on fertility patterns. Though each is an entity in itself, the five monographs complement one another and taken together provide a useful background for future research in the field.
Low and Lower Fertility
Title | Low and Lower Fertility PDF eBook |
Author | Ronald R. Rindfuss |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 190 |
Release | 2015-10-12 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 3319214829 |
This volume examines two distinct low fertility scenarios that have emerged in economically advanced countries since the turn of the 20th century: one in which fertility is at or near replacement-level and the other where fertility is well below replacement. It explores the way various institutions, histories and cultures influence fertility in a diverse range of countries in Asia, Europe, North America and Australia. The book features invited papers from the Conference on Low Fertility, Population Aging and Population Policy, held December 2013 and co-sponsored by the East-West Center and the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA). It first presents an overview of the demographic and policy implications of the two low fertility scenarios. Next, the book explores five countries currently experiencing low fertility rates: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and South Korea. It then examines three countries that have close to replacement-level fertility: Australia, the Netherlands and the United States. Each country is featured in a separate chapter written by a demographer with expert knowledge in the area. Very low fertility is linked to a number of conditions countries face, including a declining population size. At the same time, low fertility and its effect on the age structure, threatens social welfare policies. This book goes beyond the technical to examine the core institutional, policy and cultural factors behind this increasingly important issue. It helps readers to make cross-country comparisons and gain insight into how diverse institutions, policies and culture shape fertility levels and patterns.