Mason 1997

Demographic transition theory

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 ______