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Demographic transition theory
________: fertility decline is caused by industrialization + urbanization.
Wealth flows
________: fertility decline is caused by the emotional nucleation of the family, triggered by economic + cultural forces.
Mortality decline
________ is a necessary condition but not a sufficient condition.
Ideational theory
________: timing of fertility transition depends on the diffusion of information + new social norms about birth control.
Easterlins framework
________: neoclassical microeconomic theory of fertility + sociological variable → supply of children.
Fertility transitions
________ occur when conditions are combined.
Diffusion of information
________ and ideas about fertility limitation can influence reproductive behavior in the absence of major structural changes.
Classic transition theory with an addition
modernization + shift in values toward individualism and self-fulfillment
Neoclassical microeconomic theory of fertility
3 proximate determinants of couples fertility choices
Natural fertility
fertility that is socially controlled but not controlled by individuals on a parity-specific basis
Princeton European Fertility Project
assumed that the effects of economic modernization on fertility would be felt immediately regardless of other conditions
Children
Wealth flows theory sees ______ as net economic beneficiaries of family life
conditions
the neoclassical microeconomic theory of fertility doesn’t account for environmental + institutional ______
Africa
The ideational theory doesn't apply to ______
Times
Existence of potentially important influences on fertility in only some ____ or places
information, ideas
Diffusion of _______ and _____ about fertility limitation can influence reproductive behavior in the absence of major structural changes
populations
There is enormous demographic + social variation across pre-transitional ________
unlikely
Without a mortality decline, a fertility decline is highly _______
findings
Recent theories tend to ignore this pre-condition because of particular _____
culture
We must stop stereotyping all pre-transitional populations as mindless puppets of ____
results
Decadal time scale provides misleading ____
decade
We need to test our theories on a lengthier or looser scale than the ______
combined
Fertility transitions occur when conditions are _______
changes
1st country to undergo a fertility transition experienced _____ that encourage fertility limitation and other countries are influenced by this 1st country
factors
The speed of influences travelling through regions varies on many _____
children
The number of surviving ______ varies across pre-transitional populations
capacity
Parents use offspring control when the number of children exceeds the family’s _____ to accommodate them
ideational, interactive
New models must be ______ and ______
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