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.
30 June 2006 | research article
Modelling the demographic impact of HIV/AIDS in South Africa and the likely impact of interventions
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
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
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
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
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
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
Volume: 14 Article ID: 16
Pages: 381–404
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.16
09 May 2006 | research article
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
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?
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
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
Volume: 14 Article ID: 11
Pages: 217–236
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.11
10 March 2006 | research article
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
Volume: 14 Article ID: 9
Pages: 157–178
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.9
24 February 2006 | descriptive finding
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Volume: 14 Article ID: 1
Pages: 1–26
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.1