Diffusion Processes and Fertility Transition
eBook - PDF

Diffusion Processes and Fertility Transition

Selected Perspectives

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  1. 286 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Diffusion Processes and Fertility Transition

Selected Perspectives

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About this book

This volume is part of an effort to review what is known about the determinants of fertility transition in developing countries and to identify lessons that might lead to policies aimed at lowering fertility. It addresses the roles of diffusion processes, ideational change, social networks, and mass communications in changing behavior and values, especially as related to childbearing. A new body of empirical research is currently emerging from studies of social networks in Asia (Thailand, Taiwan, Korea), Latin America (Costa Rica), and Sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya, Malawi, Ghana). Given the potential significance of social interactions to the design of effective family planning programs in high-fertility settings, efforts to synthesize this emerging body of literature are clearly important.

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Information

Publisher
National Academies Press
Year
2001
eBook ISBN
9780309500289
Edition
0
Topic
Social Sciences
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
  2. Preface
  3. Contents
  4. 1 Diffusion Processes and Fertility Transition: Introduction
  5. 2 Potatoes and Pills: An Overview of Innovation- Diffusion Contributions to Explanations of Fertility Decline
  6. 3 Diffusion in Sociological Analysis
  7. 4 Social Interactions and Fertility Transitions
  8. 5 Social Processes and Fertility Change: Anthropological Perspectives
  9. 6 Learning and Using New Ideas: A Sociocognitive Perspective
  10. 7 Mass Media and Fertility Change
  11. 8 Ready, Willing, and Able: A Conceptualization of Transitions to New Behavioral Forms
  12. Index