Keyword

fertility behavior

Description: Actions and choices related to childbearing, including reproductive decisions and practices studied in demography and social science.

Primary topic: Family Dynamics and Relationships (29%)

OpenAlex ID: keywords/fertility-behavior

A Framework for Analyzing the Proximate Determinants of Fertility

1978 · John Bongaarts · Population and Development Review · 1,315

A New Approach to the Economic Theory of Fertility Behavior

1973 · Robert J. Willis · Journal of Political Economy · 1,237

The Young Adult Years: Diversity, Structural Change, and Fertility

1991 · Ronald R. Rindfuss · Demography · 634

Fertility, Biology, and Behavior: An Analysis of the Proximate Determinants

1984 · John Bongaarts, Robert G. Potter · Studies in Family Planning · 585

Do Fertility Intentions Affect Fertility Behavior?

1999 · Robert Schoen, Nan Marie Astone, et al. · Journal of Marriage and the Family · 543

A Theory of the Value of Children

1994 · Debra Friedman, Michael Hechter, et al. · Demography · 451

When Does Religion Influence Fertility?

2004 · Kevin McQuillan · Population and Development Review · 434

Son Preference, the Family-building Process and Child Mortality in India

1998 · Fred Arnold, Minja Kim Choe, et al. · Population Studies · 421

A theory of the value of children.

1994 · D Friedman, M Hechter, et al. · PubMed · 390

Anchored Narratives: The Story and Findings of Half a Century of Research into the Determinants of Fertility

1996 · D.J. van de Kaa · Population Studies · 347

Factors associated with trends in infant and child mortality in developing countries during the 1990s.

2000 · S O Rutstein · PubMed · 332

Social Networks and Changes in Contraceptive Use over Time: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study in Rural Kenya

2002 · Jere R. Behrman, Hans-Peter Kohler, et al. · Demography · 321

Happiness: Before and After the Kids

2014 · Mikko Myrskylä, Rachel Margolis · Demography · 319

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The Fertility Revolution: A Supply--Demand Analysis.

1986 · T. Paul Schultz, Richard A. Easterlin, et al. · Population and Development Review · 312

Race Differences in Sexual Activity Among Adolescent Women: The Role of Neighborhood Characteristics

1994 · Karin L. Brewster · American Sociological Review · 308

The Correspondence Between Fertility Intentions and Behavior in the United States

2010 · S. Philip Morgan, Heather Rackin · Population and Development Review · 290

Missing the Target? Correspondence of Fertility Intentions and Behavior in the U.S.

2003 · Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, S. Philip Morgan · Population Research and Policy Review · 263

An interpretation of the economic theory of fertility: promising path or blind alley?

1974 · Harvey Leibenstein · Journal of Economic Literature · 251

Cross‐cultural model testing: toward a solution of the etic‐emic dilemma

1976 · Andrew R. Davidson, James J. Jaccard, et al. · International Journal of Psychology · 247

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An Anthropological Approach to the Study of the Economic Value of Children in Java and Nepal [and Comments and Reply]

1978 · Moni Nag, R. Creighton Peet, et al. · Current Anthropology · 245

Perpetual postponers? Women's, men's and couple's fertility intentions and subsequent fertility behaviour.

2004 · Ann Berrington · PubMed · 236

Chapter 7 The economics of fertility in developed countries

1997 · V. Joseph Hotz, Jacob Alex Klerman, et al. · Handbook of Population and Family Economics · 228

The Consistency and Validity of Reproductive Attitudes: Evidence From Morocco

1998 · AKINRINOLA BANKOLE, CHARLES F. WESTOFF · Journal of Biosocial Science · 223

Family Dynamics Among Immigrants and Their Descendants in Europe: Current Research and Opportunities

2014 · Hill Kulu, Amparo González-Ferrer · European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie · 216

Desired Fertility and Fertility Behaviour among the Yoruba of Nigeria: A Study of Couple Preferences and Subsequent Fertility

1995 · Akinrinola Bankole · Population Studies · 216

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Citation count: 33,320