Status Enhancement and Fertility

PrefaceChapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 The Evolution of Theory and Research on Social Mobility and Fertility 1 Early Studies (1890-1940s) 2 Intermediate Studies ( 1940s-1960s) 3 Summary of the Intermediate StudiesChapter 3 Contemporary Studies of the Social Mobility-Fertility Hypothesis 1 Blau and Duncan's Approach to the Study of Social Mobility and Fertility 2 Other Studies Following Blau and Duncan's Approach 3 Recent Studies Not Following Blau and Duncan's Approach 4 Summary of the Contemporary StudiesChapter 4 The Social Mobility-Fertility Hypothesis Reconsidered: Synthesis and Theoretical Elaboration 1 Four Possible Causal Links 2 The Direction of Causality Problem 3 The Concept and Dimensions of Social Mobility 4 The Intermediate Variables 5 Conditional Effects 6 SummaryChapter 5 Methodological Issues in Mobility-Fertility Research 1 The Blau and Duncan Approach 2 An Extension of the Blau and Duncan Approach 3 Additional Methods for Examining the Mobility-Fertility Relationship 4 SummaryChapter 6 Education, Status Enhancement, and Fertility 1 Education as an Engine of Status Enhancement 2 Education and Fertility: Basic Associations 3 Theoretical Explanations 4 Indirect Effects of Female Education on Fertility 5 Interaction Effects of Female Education on Fertility 6 Conceptualizing and Measuring EducationChapter 7 Labor Force Participation 1 Findings in Developed Countries 2 Findings in Developing Countries 3 The Causal Nature of the Relationship 4 Theoretical Perspectives and Explanations 5 Theoretical and Methodological IssuesChapter 8 The Value of Children 1 Noneconomic Benefits of Children 2 Economic Benefits of Children 3 Noneconomic Costs of Children 4 Economic Costs of Children 5 Education and the Value of Children 6 Theoretical and Methodological IssuesChapter 9 Infant and Child Mortality 1 Mortality-Fertility Relationships and Transition Theory 2 Theoretical Explanations 3 The Relationship between Education and Infant Mortality: Basic Findings and Causal Processes 4 The Role of Infant and Child Mortality in Fertility Reduction 5 Theoretical and Methodological IssuesChapter 10 Age at Marriage and First Birth 1 Empirical Findings 2 Theoretical Explanations 3 Exogenous and Intervening Factors 4 Theoretical and Methodological IssuesChapter 11 Family Planning Knowledge and Practice 1 Knowledge and Practice of Family Planning in Developed Countries 2 Knowledge and Practice of Family Planning in Developing Countries 3 Factors Affecting Family Planning Knowledge and Motivation for UseChapter 12 General Conclusions and Policy Issues 1 Education and Status Attainment 2 Social Mobility and Fertility 3 Labor Force Participation as a Policy Variable 4 The Value of Children as a Policy Variable 5 Infant and Child Mortality as Policy Variables 6 Age at Marriage and First Birth as Policy Variables 7 Family Planning Knowledge and Practice as Policy Variables 8 The Context of Reproductive ChoiceReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index