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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.6/32/091724
• Soggetto topico: Communication in family planning - Developing countries; Fertility, Human - Developing countries
• Altri autori: CasterlineJohn B
• 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""
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume is part of an effort to review what is known about the determinants of fertility transition in developing countries and to identify lessons that might lead to policies aimed at lowering fertility. It addresses the roles of diffusion processes, ideational change, social networks, and mass communications in changing behavior and values, especially as related to childbearing. A new body of empirical research is currently emerging from studies of social networks in Asia (Thailand, Taiwan, Korea), Latin America (Costa Rica), and Sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya, Malawi, Ghana). Given the potential significance of social interactions to the design of effective family planning programs in high-fertility settings, efforts to synthesize this emerging body of literature are clearly important.
• Titolo autorizzato: Diffusion processes and fertility transition
• ISBN: 9780309170284; 0309170281; 9780309500289; 0309500281
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910964133203321
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