Socioeconomic status and fertility decline: Insights from historical transitions in Europe and North America
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Socioeconomic status and fertility decline : Insights from historical transitions in Europe and North America. / Dribe, Martin; Breschi, Marco; Gagnon, Alain; Gauvreau, Danielle; Hanson, Heidi; Maloney, Thomas; Mazzoni, Stanislao; Molitoris, Joseph John; Pozzi, Lucia; Smith, Ken; Vezina, Helene.
In: Population Studies, Vol. 71, No. 1, 01.2017, p. 3-21.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Socioeconomic status and fertility decline
T2 - Insights from historical transitions in Europe and North America
AU - Dribe, Martin
AU - Breschi, Marco
AU - Gagnon, Alain
AU - Gauvreau, Danielle
AU - Hanson, Heidi
AU - Maloney, Thomas
AU - Mazzoni, Stanislao
AU - Molitoris, Joseph John
AU - Pozzi, Lucia
AU - Smith, Ken
AU - Vezina, Helene
PY - 2017/1
Y1 - 2017/1
N2 - The timings of historical fertility transitions in different regions are well understood by demographers, but much less is known regarding their specific features and causes. In the study reported in this paper, we used longitudinal micro-level data for five local populations in Europe and North America to analyse the relationship between socio-economic status and fertility during the fertility transition. Using comparable analytical models and class schemes for each population, we examined the changing socio-economic differences in marital fertility and related these to common theories on fertility behaviour. Our results do not provide support for the hypothesis of universally high fertility among the upper classes in pre-transitional society, but do support the idea that the upper classes acted as forerunners by reducing their fertility before other groups. Farmers and unskilled workers were the latest to start limiting their fertility. Apart from these similarities, patterns of class differences in fertility varied significantly between populations.
AB - The timings of historical fertility transitions in different regions are well understood by demographers, but much less is known regarding their specific features and causes. In the study reported in this paper, we used longitudinal micro-level data for five local populations in Europe and North America to analyse the relationship between socio-economic status and fertility during the fertility transition. Using comparable analytical models and class schemes for each population, we examined the changing socio-economic differences in marital fertility and related these to common theories on fertility behaviour. Our results do not provide support for the hypothesis of universally high fertility among the upper classes in pre-transitional society, but do support the idea that the upper classes acted as forerunners by reducing their fertility before other groups. Farmers and unskilled workers were the latest to start limiting their fertility. Apart from these similarities, patterns of class differences in fertility varied significantly between populations.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Fertility Transition
KW - Socio-economic status
KW - fertility
KW - longitudinal data
KW - innovation
KW - adjustment
U2 - 10.1080/00324728.2016.1253857
DO - 10.1080/00324728.2016.1253857
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 27884093
VL - 71
SP - 3
EP - 21
JO - Population Studies
JF - Population Studies
SN - 0032-4728
IS - 1
ER -
ID: 166462756