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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455786103321

Titolo

Diffusion processes and fertility transition [[electronic resource] ] : selected perspectives / / Committee on Population ; John B. Casterline, editor ; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001

ISBN

0-309-50028-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CasterlineJohn B

Disciplina

304.6/32/091724

Soggetti

Communication in family planning - Developing countries

Fertility, Human - Developing countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 Diffusion Processes and Fertility Transition: Introduction""; ""2 Potatoes and Pills: An Overview of Innovation- Diffusion Contributions to Explanations of Fertility Decline""; ""3 Diffusion in Sociological Analysis""; ""4 Social Interactions and Fertility Transitions""; ""5 Social Processes and Fertility Change: Anthropological Perspectives""; ""6 Learning and Using New Ideas: A Sociocognitive Perspective""; ""7 Mass Media and Fertility Change""

""8 Ready, Willing, and Able: A Conceptualization of Transitions to New Behavioral Forms""""Index""