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Socioeconomic status, value orientations, and fertility behavior in India.

Authors :
Poston Jr., Dudley L.
Slngelmann, Joachim
Poston, D L Jr
Source :
Demography (Springer Nature); Aug1975, Vol. 12 Issue 3, p417-430, 14p
Publication Year :
1975

Abstract

This paper examines the role assumed by value orientations in the explanation of fertility behavior. Specifically the concern is with the extent to which value orientations intervene between, or mediate, the relationship between socioeconomic status and fertility behavior. The relationships between socioeconomic status, four types of value orientations and three aspects of fertility behavior are examined among males in India. In most instances value orientations provide neither the sole nor the partial interpretations of the relationship between socioeconomic status and fertility. The results of this investigation suggest once again the inadequacy of value orientations as predictors of fertility behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00703370
Volume :
12
Issue :
3
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Demography (Springer Nature)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
16799102
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2307/2060825