Estimating voluntary and involuntary childlessness in the developing countries. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • SummaryThis paper examines rates of marital childlessness in the developing countries of the world and separates them into voluntary, involuntary and related components through a decision-tree model based on fecundity, contraceptive behaviour, pregnancy status, age, years married, and other variables. The principal data are taken from World Fertility Surveys. The conclusion is reached that virtually all of the permanent childlessness in the developing countries examined is involuntary.

published proceedings

  • J Biosoc Sci

author list (cited authors)

  • Poston, D. L., Kramer, K. B., Trent, K., & Yu, M. Y.

citation count

  • 18

complete list of authors

  • Poston, DL||Kramer, KB||Trent, K||Yu, MY

publication date

  • October 1983