Special Collection 14

Socioeconomic status and fertility before, during and after the demographic transition

Published 10 July 2014

This special collection of Demographic Research – edited by Martin Dribe, Michel Oris, and Lucia Pozzi – is devoted to fertility differentials by socioeconomic status, to the relations between the socioeconomic stratification and the fertility decline, to the impact of changes in the labour market and/or the educational system on the transition processes. The collection is based on a selection of contributions to a workshop held in Alghero (Sardinia, Italy) in September 2012, organized by SIDES and the IUSSP Panel of Historical Demography. Covering Sweden, The Netherlands, Belgium, the regions of Scania (Sweden), Saguenay (Canada) and Utah (USA), as well as several urban and rural parishes in Italy, the contributions show no consistent evidence for the hypothesis that socioeconomic status was positively related to fertility before the demographic transition. There is more support for the idea that the upper and middle classes acted as forerunners in the transition, while especially farmers were late. After the transition fertility was lower in the middle class and especially among highly-educated women. The baby boom of the mid twentieth century changed this somewhat as fertility of the highly educated increased more than in other groups.

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30 June 2006 | research article

Modelling the demographic impact of HIV/AIDS in South Africa and the likely impact of interventions

Leigh F. Johnson, Rob Dorrington

Volume: 14 Article ID: 22
Pages: 541–574
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.22

28 June 2006 | research article

Internal migration and household living conditions in Ethiopia

Blessing Mberu

Volume: 14 Article ID: 21
Pages: 509–540
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.21

02 June 2006 | research article

The community-level effects of women's education on reproductive behaviour in rural Ghana

Kofi D. Benefo

Volume: 14 Article ID: 20
Pages: 485–508
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.20

30 May 2006 | research article

Interdependence between sexual debut and church attendance in Italy

Marcantonio Caltabiano, Gianpiero Dalla Zuanna, Alessandro Rosina

Volume: 14 Article ID: 19
Pages: 453–484
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.19

23 May 2006 | research article

Neonatal mortality in the developing world

Kenneth Hill, Yoonjoung Choi

Volume: 14 Article ID: 18
Pages: 429–452
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.18

18 May 2006 | research article

Changes in educational assortative mating in contemporary Spain

Albert Esteve, Clara Cortina

Volume: 14 Article ID: 17
Pages: 405–428
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.17

12 May 2006 | research article

Educational attainment and ultimate fertility among Swedish women born in 1955-59

Jan M. Hoem, Gerda Neyer, Gunnar Andersson

Volume: 14 Article ID: 16
Pages: 381–404
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.16

09 May 2006 | research article

Education and childlessness: The relationship between educational field, educational level, and childlessness among Swedish women born in 1955-59

Jan M. Hoem, Gerda Neyer, Gunnar Andersson

Volume: 14 Article ID: 15
Pages: 331–380
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.15

28 April 2006 | research article

Second births in western Germany and France

Katja Köppen

Volume: 14 Article ID: 14
Pages: 295–330
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.14

29 March 2006 | research article

Survival differences among the oldest old in Sardinia: who, what, where, and why?

Graziella Caselli, Rosa Maria Lipsi

Volume: 14 Article ID: 13
Pages: 267–294
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.13

28 March 2006 | research article

The institutionalization and pace of fertility in American stepfamilies

Jui-Chung Allen Li

Volume: 14 Article ID: 12
Pages: 237–266
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.12

16 March 2006 | research article

Ages of origin and destination for a difference in life expectancy

Elwood Carlson

Volume: 14 Article ID: 11
Pages: 217–236
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.11

10 March 2006 | research article

Race/Ethnic differences and age-variation in the effects of birth outcomes on infant mortality in the U.S.

Daniel A. Powers, W. Parker Frisbie, Robert A. Hummer, Starling G. Pullum, Patricio Solis

Volume: 14 Article ID: 10
Pages: 179–216
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.10

07 March 2006 | research article

A model for geographical variation in health and total life expectancy

Peter Congdon

Volume: 14 Article ID: 9
Pages: 157–178
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.9

24 February 2006 | descriptive finding

Interconnections among changing family structure, childrearing and fertility behaviour among the Ogu, Southwestern Nigeria: A qualitative study

Onipede Wusu, Uche C. Isiugo-Abanihe

Volume: 14 Article ID: 8
Pages: 139–156
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.8

17 February 2006 | research article

The relative tail of longevity and the mean remaining lifetime

Maxim Finkelstein, James W. Vaupel

Volume: 14 Article ID: 7
Pages: 111–138
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.7

14 February 2006 | research article

Demographic translation and tempo effects: An accelerated failure time perspective

Germán Rodriguez

Volume: 14 Article ID: 6
Pages: 85–110
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.6

10 February 2006 | research article

Found in translation?: A cohort perspective on tempo-adjusted life expectancy

Joshua R. Goldstein

Volume: 14 Article ID: 5
Pages: 71–84
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.5

27 January 2006 | research article

Social differentials in speed-premium effects in childbearing in Sweden

Gunnar Andersson, Jan M. Hoem, Ann-Zofie Duvander

Volume: 14 Article ID: 4
Pages: 51–70
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.4

26 January 2006 | reflection

Two proofs of a recent formula by Griffith Feeney

Jutta Gampe, Anatoli Yashin

Volume: 14 Article ID: 3
Pages: 47–50
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.3

25 January 2006 | research article

Increments to life and mortality tempo

Griffith Feeney

Volume: 14 Article ID: 2
Pages: 27–46
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.2

24 January 2006 | research article

Tempo effects in mortality: An appraisal

Michel Guillot

Volume: 14 Article ID: 1
Pages: 1–26
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.1