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The changing institutional context of low fertility

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Rindfuss, RR; Guzzo, KB; Morgan, SP
Published in: Population Research and Policy Review
January 1, 2003

Using data for 1960-97 for 22 low fertility countries, we document a dramatic change in the association of fertility levels to women's levels of labor force participation. Until the 1980s, this association had been strongly negative. However, during the 1980s it became positive, and since 1990 strongly positive. We also document an emerging positive association of the country-level total fertility ratio (TFR) and nonmarital ratio (e.g., the proportion of births to unmarried women). We argue that these transformed associations reflect societal level responses that, in some contexts, have eased the incompatibility between mother and worker roles, and loosened the link between marriage and childbearing. These arguments imply that societal responses to mother/worker incompatibility exert substantial influence on fertility levels in low fertility countries. © 2004 Kluwer Academic Publishers.

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Population Research and Policy Review

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0167-5923

Publication Date

January 1, 2003

Volume

22

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5-6

Start / End Page

411 / 438

Related Subject Headings

  • Demography
  • 4406 Human geography
  • 4403 Demography
  • 1603 Demography
 

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Rindfuss, R. R., Guzzo, K. B., & Morgan, S. P. (2003). The changing institutional context of low fertility. Population Research and Policy Review, 22(5–6), 411–438. https://doi.org/10.1023/b:popu.0000020877.96401.b3
Rindfuss, R. R., K. B. Guzzo, and S. P. Morgan. “The changing institutional context of low fertility.” Population Research and Policy Review 22, no. 5–6 (January 1, 2003): 411–38. https://doi.org/10.1023/b:popu.0000020877.96401.b3.
Rindfuss RR, Guzzo KB, Morgan SP. The changing institutional context of low fertility. Population Research and Policy Review. 2003 Jan 1;22(5–6):411–38.
Rindfuss, R. R., et al. “The changing institutional context of low fertility.” Population Research and Policy Review, vol. 22, no. 5–6, Jan. 2003, pp. 411–38. Scopus, doi:10.1023/b:popu.0000020877.96401.b3.
Rindfuss RR, Guzzo KB, Morgan SP. The changing institutional context of low fertility. Population Research and Policy Review. 2003 Jan 1;22(5–6):411–438.
Journal cover image

Published In

Population Research and Policy Review

DOI

ISSN

0167-5923

Publication Date

January 1, 2003

Volume

22

Issue

5-6

Start / End Page

411 / 438

Related Subject Headings

  • Demography
  • 4406 Human geography
  • 4403 Demography
  • 1603 Demography