Partnership and Reproductive Behaviour in Low-fertility Countries
Author: United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division
Publisher: New York : United Nations
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13: 9789211513776
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The number of countries where the total fertility rate is below 2.1 children per woman increased more than ten-fold during the last four decades. This report focuses on the influence of marital or partnership behaviour on fertility levels and trends, resulting in below-replacement fertility. Social trends considered include increasing cohabitation, higher age of first marriage, higher proportions of never-married women over age 30, and the rapid fall in the marriage rate in the 1990s. While all low-fertility societies share fundamental societal features, many of their socio-economic and cultural features vary and thus shape the differences of demographic characteristics.