scholarly journals Do Statements About Desired Family Size Predict Fertility? The Case of Taiwan, 1967-1970

Demography ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Freedman ◽  
Albert I. Hermalin ◽  
Ming-Cheng Chang
Keyword(s):  
Family Size ◽  
Desired Family Size

Factors affecting desired family size in Bangladesh

1994 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 369-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kabir ◽  
Ruhul Amin ◽  
Ashraf Uddin Ahmed ◽  
Jamir Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Family Size ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Work Status ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Rural Bangladesh ◽  
Contraceptive Prevalence ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Desired Family Size

SummaryFactors affecting desired family size in rural Bangladesh are examined using data from contraceptive prevalence surveys conducted between 1983 and 1991. The analysis suggests that mothers having two sons and one daughter are more inclined to perceive their family as complete than those having three sons and no daughter. Logistic regression analysis indicates that important determinants of desire for more children are age of woman, current contraceptive use status, work status, and family planning worker's visit. The policy implications of these findings are discussed.

Factors affecting desired family size among preliterate New Guinea mothers

1985 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 413-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald E. Pust ◽  
Jeanne S. Newman ◽  
Janet Senf ◽  
Esther Stotik
Keyword(s):  
Family Size ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Desired Family Size

A note on synthethic cohort estimates of average desired family size

1981 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-328
Author(s):  
G. Rodriguez ◽  
T. J. Trussell
Keyword(s):  
Family Size ◽  
Desired Family Size

Patterns of Family Building and Contraceptive Use of Middle-Class Couples

1978 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Woodward ◽  
Ann Heath ◽  
Lynne Chisholm
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Family Size ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Relative Effectiveness ◽  
World Population ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Contraceptive Usage ◽  
Family Building ◽  
Desired Family Size ◽  
High Level

SummaryInterviews with 103 middle-class wives on their family building experiences and use of birth control techniques show this highly educated group to be effective family planners in comparison with other social groups. The wives developed clear ideas early in marriage about family size, timing and spacing, formulated with reference to sets of beliefs about the transmission of cultural advantage from parents to children, and their social responsibility in relation to world population levels. Ideas about the spacing of children and desired family size appear to be influenced by the women’s orientation towards returning to employment, but their relatively late age of terminating full-time education has had remarkably little effect on the timing of either marriage or the first child’s birth. Female contraceptive methods were most popular with this sample, and their relative effectiveness as family planners may be explained by their preference for the more reliable techniques and high level of motivation to use them efficiently. Variations in patterns of contraceptive usage noted between this and other studies are probably a function of age differences in the groups of women surveyed.

Desired Family-Size Correlates for Single Undergraduates

1977 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel D. Haskell
Keyword(s):  
Family Size ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Male Role ◽  
Psychological Variables ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Religious Preference ◽  
Desired Family Size

Some single Caucasian undergraduates of Protestant religious preference, 115 men and 105 women, were tested to find correlates of, and to compare social-psychological to demographic variables in predicting, subjects' desired family sizes. Men had a mean desired family size of 2.04 children and women, 1.91 children. Women seem more accepting of childless families than men, perhaps perceiving new attractiveness in careers. Men and women wanting small families are less religious and are from smaller families. These men are more anxious and lower in need achievement, and the women have a less traditional sex-role self-concept. Women may see larger families as confirming a traditional sex-role, while men may see them confirming an achievement-oriented, possibly traditional, male role. Demographic variables, which best predict desired family size, may represent the continued influence of subjects' family backgrounds. However, social-psychological variables may also become important desired family-size influences as women enter their early twenties.

A Research Note on Desired Family Size

Social Forces ◽  
1943 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-88
Author(s):  
G. A. Sanford
Keyword(s):  
Family Size ◽  
Research Note ◽  
Desired Family Size
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