Birthspacing and fertility decline in Costa Rica

 

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Autor: Gómez, Víctor
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2013
Descripción:This paper uses data from the Latin American Comparative Fertility Surveys as well as from the World Fertility Survey to study trends and differentials in birthspacing among ever married women in Costa Rica during the period 1945-1974. A good deal of attention is placed on the pace of fertility in threshold, early and late stages of the fertility decline that this country experienced during the sixties and early seventies. The results show a good deal of similarity in the tempo of reproduction across parities and geographical areas. However, an analysis of the background variables affecting birthspacing shows differences between urban and rural zones. Finally, it is postulated that the recent plateau in period rates may be a consequence of changes in the tempo of family building, with women at low parities having their postponed births now, offsetting the trends of decline generated among women at higher parities who still may be curtailing reproduction.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/10535
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/psm/article/view/10535
Palabra clave:Espaciamiento de los nacimientos
descenso de la fecundidad
Costa Rica
birthspacing
fertility decline