Cross-national models of fertility, family planning, and development : testing for reciprocal effects

Cross-national models of fertility, family planning, and development commonly assume that there are no reciprocal effect between fertility and other variables in the model and that when path models are used, there are no reciprocal or nonrecursive effects among any set of variables in the model. Th...

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Publié dans:Studies in comparative international development. - 1973. - 25(1990), 2 vom: 18., Seite 60-90
Auteur principal: Menard, S (Auteur)
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: 1990
Accès à la collection:Studies in comparative international development
Sujets:Comparative Study Journal Article Birth Rate Comparative Studies Cross-cultural Comparisons Data Analysis Demographic Factors Demographic Transition Demography Economic Development plus... Economic Factors Educational Status--women Family Planning Family Planning Programs Fertility Fertility Measurements Fertility Rate Geographic Factors Infant Mortality Length Of Life Life Expectancy Models, Theoretical Mortality Population Population Dynamics Population Theory Research Methodology Social Development Social Sciences Socioeconomic Factors Socioeconomic Status Spatial Distribution Statistical Regression Studies Theoretical Studies Urban Spatial Distribution Urbanization
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Résumé:Cross-national models of fertility, family planning, and development commonly assume that there are no reciprocal effect between fertility and other variables in the model and that when path models are used, there are no reciprocal or nonrecursive effects among any set of variables in the model. The present study tests for nonrecursiveness using 2-wave panel data, and finds that nonrecursive effects are present among variables commonly used in model of fertility, family planning, and development. In addition, the pattern of relationships found has implications for the explanation of the relationship between mortality and fertility in demographic transition theory
Description:Date Completed 01.03.1991
Date Revised 06.11.2019
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:0039-3606