Modernization and childlessness in the developing world.

abstract

• The relationship between modernization and childlessness in the developing world is explored. A theoretical model is first outlined in an attempt to account for the variability in childlessness among countries. The model is then tested using data from around 1970 for 36 countries; the data are from censuses and official U.N. sources. Modernization is conceptualized in terms of three components: structural economic development, health condition, and women's status. The authors' hypothesis, that there is a negative relationship between modernization and childlessness, is confirmed, particularly for health conditions.

authors

• Poston, Dudley

published proceedings

• Comp Soc Res

author list (cited authors)

• Poston, D. L., & Trent, K.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Poston, DL||Trent, K

publication date

• December 1984

keywords

• Birth Rate
• Demographic Factors
• Demography
• Developing Countries
• Economic Development
• Economic Factors
• Economics
• Fertility
• Fertility Measurements
• Health
• Health Status Indexes
• Health Status Indicators
• Infertility
• Models, Theoretical
• Nulliparity
• Parity
• Population
• Population Dynamics
• Reproduction
• Research
• Research Methodology
• Social Change
• Socioeconomic Factors
• Women's Rights
• Women's Status

start page

• 133

end page

• 153

volume

• 7