ISBN:
9048131979
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (4442 KB, 220 S.)
Edition:
1. Aufl.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version The Fertility Transition in Iran : Revolution and Reproduction
DDC:
304.609587
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Iran
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Bevölkerungsentwicklung
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Geburtenregelung
Abstract:
Confounding all conventional wisdom, the fertility rate in the Islamic Republic of Iran fell from around 7.0 births per woman in the early 1980s to 1.9 births per woman in 2006. That this, the largest and fastest fall in fertility ever recorded, should have occurred in one of the worlds few Islamic Republics demands explanation. This book, based upon a decade of research is the first to attempt such an explanation. The book documents the progress of the fertility decline and displays its association with social and economic characteristics. It addresses an explanation of the phenomenal fall of fertility in this Islamic context by considering the relevance of standard theories of fertility transition. The book is rich in data as well as the application of different demographic methods to interpret the data. All the available national demographic data are used in addition to two major surveys conducted by the authors. Demographic description is preceded by a socio-political history of Iran in recent decades, providing a context for the demographic changes. The authors conclude with their views on the importance of specific socio-economic and political changes to the demographic transition. Their concluding arguments suggest continued low fertility in Iran. The book is recommended to not only demographers, social scientists, and gender specialists, but also to policy makers and those who are interested in social and demographic changes in Iran and other Islamic countries in the Middle East. It is also a useful reference for demography students and researchers who are interested in applying fertility theories in designing surveys and analysing data.
Description / Table of Contents:
The Fertility Transition in Iran Revolution and Reproduction; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Acknowledgement; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; About the Authors; Chapter 1; The Fall in Iranian Fertility: Theoretical Considerations; Before and After the Islamic Revolution; The Watershed in 1986; Acceptance of the Reality of Fertility Decline; Theoretical Considerations; Demographic Transition Theory: Modernisation, Industrialisation, Urbanisation; Improvements in Child Survival; Demand Theory; Economic Expectations and Economic Realities; Status Enhancement
Description / Table of Contents:
Culture, Religion and the State: the Institutional PerspectiveGender Equity Theory; Diffusion of New Values, Rational Thought, Westernisation, Ideation; The Tempo and Quantum of Childbearing; Discussion; Appendix 1.1: Data Sources; The 2000 Iran Demographic and Health Survey; The 2002 Iran Fertility Transition Survey; The 2005 Iran Low Fertility Survey; References; Chapter 2; The Social, Economic and Cultural Contexts of Population Policy Changes in Iran; Introduction; A Brief History of Population Dynamics; Socio-political Changes in Iran During the Twentieth Century; The Pahlavi Regime
Description / Table of Contents:
The 1979 Islamic RevolutionThe Shah's Family Planning Program; Suspension of the Family Planning Program; The Emergence of Post-revolutionary Antinatalist Policy; The Impacts of the Post-revolutionary Family Planning Program; The Context of the Family Planning Program; Expansion of the Health Network System; Rural Development; Administrative Divisions in Iran: Provinces (Ostans); Conclusion and Discussion; References; Chapter 3; National and Provincial Level Fertility Trends in Iran, 1972-2006*; Introduction; Data and Method
Description / Table of Contents:
Fertility Levels, Trends and Age Specific Patterns: A Detailed DescriptionNational Trends: Total Fertility Rates: 1972-2006; National Trends: Age-Specific Fertility Rates, 1972-2006; Total Fertility Rates for Rural and Urban Areas, 1972-2006; Age Patterns of Fertility for Rural and Urban Areas; Provincial Fertility Trends; Fertility Differentials by Province: Age Specific Fertility Rates, 1972-2006; Attainment of Below-Replacement Fertility; Summary of Fertility Trends; References; Chapter 4; Fertility Dynamics Using Parity Progression Ratios*; Introduction; The Progression to First Marriage
Description / Table of Contents:
Progression to the First Birth (from Marriage)Progression to the Second Birth; Progression to the Third Birth; Progression to the Fourth and Higher Order Births; Synthetic Lifetime Parity Distributions and Average Parities; Decomposition of Fertility; Discussion; References; Chapter 5; Effects of Marital Fertility and Nuptiality on Fertility Transition in Iran, 1976-2006*; Introduction; Changes in Age at First Marriage; Decomposition of Change in the Total Fertility Rate; 1976-1986; 1986-1996; 1996-2006; Provincial Differences; Discussion; References; Chapter 6
Description / Table of Contents:
Contraceptive Use: Trends, Levels and Correlates *
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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