scholarly journals Selected socio-economic factors co-occurring with high fertility rate in the OECD countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryszard Murkowski
Keyword(s):  
Family Policy ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Fertility Rate ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
High Fertility ◽  
Demographic Development ◽  
High Fertility Rate ◽  
The Developed Countries

This article presents the results of examining selected factors co-occurring with high fertility rate in developed countries. Selected OECD countries at a similar stage of demographic development have been subjected to analysis. By means of cluster analysis, the selected developed countries have also been identified according to the type of adopted family policy. It has been found that the developed countries which spend more on family policy in relation to GDP are generally characterised by higher fertility rates than those which spend less. In the light of those findings, the family-policy expenditures which allow women to reconcile professional work with raising children turned out to be particularly important. The fertility rate has also been found to clearly correlate with labour market rates, with the level of women’s professional activity in particular. Moreover, in the developed countries the relatively high fertility rate is accompanied by low rates of young people who do not work or attend school and are not in vocational training, as well as a high rate of extramarital births.

scholarly journals In the name of the father? Fertility, religion and child naming in the demographic transition

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dylan Connor
Keyword(s):  
Married Couples ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Fertility Rate ◽  
High Fertility ◽  
Fertility Rates ◽  
Religious Influences ◽  
High Fertility Rate ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
The Impact

This article shows that parents reveal information about their fertility behavior through how they name their children. I arrive at this finding from detailed examination of the net fertility of 130,000 married couples in Ireland circa 1910, a country known for its historically high fertility rate. After stringently accounting for the occupation, religion and location of couples, I find higher fertility rates among couples who chose distinctly Catholic names and traditional names for their children, with the latter being particularly important. Exposure to towns and cities lowered net fertility and weakened preferences for traditional and Catholic names. Cumulatively, these findings highlight the role of traditional rural norms over explicitly religious influences in driving high fertility rates in Ireland. The impact of towns and cities in reducing net fertility suggests that Ireland’s sluggish urbanization was a key factor in its high historical fertility rate.

EDUCATION AS AN AGENT OF RESOCIALIZATION OF ELDERLY PEOPLE

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 100-112
Author(s):  
Nataliia Kalashnyk ◽  
Yana Levchenko ◽  
Olha Doronina ◽  
Olha Kucherova ◽  
Olga Luchenko
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Social Maladjustment ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Aged People ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
High Level

Due to the aging of population there is a need for reevaluation of the importance and the necessity of elderly people’s participation in the life of society and as a result reevaluation of the methods of their adjustment. Modern “third aged people” want to continue living in the habitual rhythm of life, being the full participants of the society even after their retirement. The social portrait of a modern elderly differs significantly from the one 15-20 years ago. The level of medicine in the developed countries provides them with good state of health and therefore they can retain high level of social and emotional activity. Using several countries (Japan, Australia, Canada,) as an example the article aims to present different ways of inclusion of elderly people in socially useful activities in order to solve the problems of the modern society, in other words, to suggest how third aged people may be helpful. The article sums up that giving the opportunity of social and professional activity to the elderly people helps them to prevent social maladjustment and arising feeling of needlessness after the termination of active employment.

scholarly journals Urbanization: Concepts, Trends and Analysis in Three Latin American Cities

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Alfonso Piña
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Explanatory Models ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Santiago De Chile ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
American Cities ◽  
Urban Consolidation

Abstract Explanatory models on the urban expansion process have focussed mainly on the dynamic of cities in the developed countries that are characterized by a strong institutional framework, a culture of urban planning, and compliance with the rules. This paper analyses the phenomenon of urban expansion in three Latin American cities (Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile and Mexico City), taking into account cities with a strong process of urbanization and where the local administration does not have enough control over the growth of cities due to the high rate of migration determining sub-urbanization, peri-urbanization, exo-urbanization, and counter-urbanization processes similar to developed countries. However, these processes may be related to hidden or displaced urbanization in rural areas of municipalities and metropolitan areas or intermediate cities due to the dynamics of urban consolidation. In every Latin American country, the participation and combination of these phenomena are different, although the results are similar: the advance of urban expansion with more segmented, disperse and distant patterns of large urban centres. This analysis determine the characteristics of the urbanization process taking into account physical and geographic aspects, urbanization trends and socioeconomic features in cities selected of Latin America and determines their impact determining the importance to formulate adequate policies that integrates environmental and socioeconomic aspects to achieve sustainable development in urban contexts.

Pregnancy-associated breast cancer: a case— control study in a young population with a high-fertility rate

2000 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
EM Ibrahim ◽  
AA Ezzat ◽  
A Baloush ◽  
ZH Hussain ◽  
GH Mohammed
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Fertility Rate ◽  
High Fertility ◽  
Young Population ◽  
High Fertility Rate ◽  
Control Study

scholarly journals Effects of Species Proportions and Fertility on Sedum Green Roof Modules

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristoffer J. Barker ◽  
Jessica D. Lubell
Keyword(s):  
Green Roof ◽  
Fertility Rate ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Vegetation Coverage ◽  
High Fertility ◽  
Fresh Weight ◽  
Visual Appearance ◽  
Modular Units ◽  
Visual Impact ◽  
Species Proportions

Nursery producers are interested in supplying sedum (Sedum sp.)-vegetated modular units for the green roof industry. This research examined the influence of three rates of controlled-release fertilizer (CRF) (50, 78, and 108 g per unit of 15N–3.9P–10K, 8- to 9-month formulation) on production of modules containing one or two Sedum species. Six Sedum species were evaluated independently: ‘Angelina’ sedum (Sedum rupestre), gray sedum (S. pachyclados), ‘John Creech’ sedum (S. spurium), tasteless sedum (S. sexangulare), ‘Weihenstephaner's Gold’ sedum (S. kamtschaticum var. floriferum), and white sedum (S. album). The species were then paired as follows: white sedum/‘John Creech’ sedum, ‘Weihenstephaner's Gold’ sedum/‘Angelina’ sedum, and gray sedum/tasteless sedum. For each pair, three starting proportions of cuttings were studied. In 8 weeks, the medium and high fertility rates produced significantly more units with at least 95% vegetation coverage than the low rate. In general, increasing the fertility rate increased the fresh weight at time of harvest, except for ‘Weihenstephaner's Gold’ sedum and tasteless sedum at the high rate, which developed “melt out.” Melted-out tissues turned brown, desiccated and detracted from the visual appearance of units. ‘John Creech’ sedum and white sedum had the greatest fresh weight followed by ‘Weihenstephaner's Gold’ sedum, ‘Angelina’ sedum, and tasteless sedum. Gray sedum grew substantially slower than all other species and had the lowest fresh weight. For white sedum/‘John Creech’ sedum units, harvest fresh weight proportions were similar to starting cutting fresh weight proportions. For gray sedum/tasteless sedum units, tasteless sedum outgrew gray sedum and gray sedum was barely noticeable in finished units. Harvest fresh weight and digital image analysis (DIA) of ‘Weihenstephaner's Gold’ sedum/‘Angelina' sedum units indicated that ‘Weihenstephaner's Gold’ sedum colonized units faster than ‘Angelina’ sedum, and had greater visual impact in finished units. Units started with 25% ‘Weihenstephaner's Gold’ sedum cuttings, the smallest proportion tested, were roughly 73% covered with ‘Weihenstephaner's Gold’ sedum at harvest. We recommend growers use the medium fertility rate to produce the most units with 95% vegetation or more in the least amount of time and with reduced risk of melt out. To achieve desired final species proportions, growers may need to adjust the ratios of cuttings based on uneven species vigor.

scholarly journals In the Name of the Father? Fertility, Religion, and Child Naming in the Demographic Transition

Demography ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 1793-1815
Author(s):  
Dylan Shane Connor
Keyword(s):  
Married Couples ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Fertility Rate ◽  
High Fertility ◽  
Fertility Rates ◽  
Religious Influences ◽  
High Fertility Rate ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This article shows that parents reveal information about their fertility behavior through how they name their children. I arrive at this finding from a detailed examination of the net fertility of 130,000 married couples in Ireland, a country known for its historically high fertility rate, circa 1911. After stringently accounting for couples' occupation, religion, and location, I find higher fertility rates among couples who chose distinctly Catholic names and traditional names for their children, with the latter being particularly important. Exposure to towns and cities lowered net fertility and weakened preferences for traditional and Catholic names. Cumulatively, these findings highlight the role of traditional rural norms over explicitly religious influences in driving high fertility rates in Ireland. The impact of towns and cities in reducing net fertility suggests that Ireland's sluggish urbanization was a key factor in its high historical fertility rate.

Determinants of Fertility in Urban and Rural Kenya: Estimates and a Simulation of the Impact of Education Policy

1993 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
D E Hyatt ◽  
W J Milne
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Probit Model ◽  
Fertility Rate ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Female Education ◽  
High Fertility ◽  
Rural Kenya ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Number Of Births

The continuing high fertility rate in Kenya is of considerable concern as the resulting high rate of population growth makes improvements in living standards difficult, if not impossible. In this paper, the determinants of fertility in urban and rural areas of Kenya are examined through estimation of a probit model which includes variables in three categories: economic, biological, and social or cultural. Also simulated is the effect of increasing the levels of female education on the total fertility rate and the total number of births. Results show that improvements in female education can result in a substantial decrease in the number of births in Kenya, thereby suggesting that formulation of government policy in this area is desirable.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Labor Productivity and Economic Growth in OECD Countries

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suna Korkmaz ◽  
Oya Korkmaz
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Factor Productivity ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
Partial Factor Productivity ◽  
The Relationship

In the course of globalization, the countries entered into an intense competition between each other. In order to achieve the competitive advantage, countries pay significant importance to the technological advancements. By improving the productivity, the technological innovations and developments allow the countries to make production at lower costs. The increase in factor productivities would enable higher levels of output in the economy. Since the factor productivity influences many other factors and the developed countries meet these criteria better than developing countries do, the factor productivities are higher in developed countries, when compared to those in developing countries. For this reason, in this study, the relationship between labor productivity, which is a partial factor productivity, and economic growth in seven OECD countries for the period between 2008 and 2014 by utilizing the panel data analysis method. According to the test results, we find a unidirectional causality relationship from economic growth to labor productivity.

scholarly journals Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Saudi Arabia and Gulf Countries: A Review

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hawra Al-Ghafli ◽  
Sahal Al-Hajoj
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Gulf Cooperation Council ◽  
The Other ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria ◽  
Gulf Countries ◽  
The Developed Countries

Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) are causing growing health problems worldwide. This is indicated by an increasing amount of scientific reports showing not only well-identified species reemerging but also emergence of new species. The emergence and reemergence of NTM are particularly worrying in developing countries due to scarce published data and improper identification. Here we aimed to examine the main epidemiological aspects and diagnostic challenges associated with NTM in countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and compare these findings to the international arena findings. Data revealed that countries of the GCC are largely dominated by rapidly growing mycobacteria species such asM. fortuitum(29%) andM. abscessus(17%) with high rate of definitive respiratory diseases. On the other hand, most of the developed countries are dominated by slowly growing mycobacteria such as MAC,M. kansasii, andM. gordonae. More efforts are needed, however, to gain insights into NTM issues in countries of the GCC.

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