Population and Development : High and Low Fertility in Poorer Countries

ISBN-13: 9780415592833 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 218 str.

Geoffrey Hawthorn;?Abar;?Abar

Opis

First published in 1978, this book explores the vital global issue of high and low fertility in poorer countries through a series of case studies by contemporary experts in the fields of development and demography.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. The Interaction of Fertility and the Size Distribution of Income  3. Fertility, Mortality and Income – Changes over the Long Run: Some Simulation Experiments  4. Population and Development: Outlines for a Structuralist Approach  5. Modes of Reproduction  6. Parenthood, Marriage and Fertility in West Africa  7. Family Size Preferences of Spouses in Rural Eastern Nigeria  8. Production Relations and Population: Ramdaua  9. Production Relations and Population: Rampur  10. Economic Change, Social Differenciation and Fertility: Aluthgama  11. On Social Norms and Fertility Decline

O autorze

Hawthorn, Geoffrey