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Fertility Transitions, Family Structure, and Population Policy
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ABSTRACT
Focuses on fertility and family transitions in selected Third World countries, exploring critical aspects of the relationship between population and development. The essays examine population processes as they unfold and develop over time, highlighting the need to go beyond economic explanations and identifying the priorities among social structura
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Part I
Historical Fertility Transitions
chapter 1|44 pages
Beyond Economic Reductionism: The Transformation of the Reproductive Regimes in France and Belgium in the 18th and 19th Centuries
part Part II
Transitions in Asia
chapter 3|33 pages
The Social Context of Fertility Decline in Thailand
chapter 4|20 pages
Nuptiality Patterns in Thailand: Their Implications for Further Fertility Decline
chapter 5|15 pages
Relationships Between Maternal Nutrition and Fertility in Developing Countries
chapter 6|18 pages
The Effect of Migration on Contraceptive Usage and Service Point Choice in Indonesia
part Part III|75 pages
Women and Family Structure
chapter 7|18 pages
Economic Development, Women’s Status, and Changing Family Structure in Taiwan
chapter 8|22 pages
Family Structure, Liberty and Equality, and Divorce: A Cross-National Examination
chapter 10|21 pages
Rice, Labor, and Children: A Study of Peasants’ Livelihood Strategies in Northeast Thailand
part Part IV
Population Policy and Development Planning