Economic development, contraception and fertility decline in Mexico

This article utilises a choice theory based on a three-equation simultaneous model to analyse determinants of contraception, desired number of children and fertility. The results show that a simultaneous choice model predicts the consequences of modernisation on human fertility and suggests ways tha...

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Veröffentlicht in:The journal of development studies
1. Verfasser: Chen, Jain-shing A. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: 1990
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Zusammenfassung:This article utilises a choice theory based on a three-equation simultaneous model to analyse determinants of contraception, desired number of children and fertility. The results show that a simultaneous choice model predicts the consequences of modernisation on human fertility and suggests ways that economic growth affects family size by proximate or intermediate variables
ISSN:0022-0388