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PIP: Trends and patterns of mortality in Colombia during the twentieth century are investigated. Mortality differentials are analyzed by sex, age, rural or urban area, department, and cause of death. The impact on mortality of various factors associated with modernization is examined, and effects on demographic, economic, and social behavior are considered.^ieng
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Fatores Etários , Comportamento , Causas de Morte , Demografia , Economia , Geografia , Mortalidade , População Rural , Fatores Sexuais , Comportamento Social , Mudança Social , Fatores Socioeconômicos , População Urbana , América , Colômbia , Países Desenvolvidos , Países em Desenvolvimento , América Latina , População , Características da População , Dinâmica Populacional , América do SulAssuntos
Atitude , Comportamento Contraceptivo , Anticoncepção , Atenção à Saúde , Características da Família , Conhecimento , Estado Civil , Fatores Etários , América , Comportamento , Colômbia , Países em Desenvolvimento , Serviços de Planejamento Familiar , Planejamento em Saúde , América Latina , Casamento , Motivação , Organização e Administração , Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde , Psicologia , América do SulRESUMO
PIP: A model of contraceptive use as a conditioning factor in Colombian fertility is described and tested using data from the National Fertility Survey of 1976 in which 5378 women representative of the country and its geographical regions were interviewed. The variables included in the model are cumulative fertility, desired fertility, duration of union, use of contraception, knowledge of effective contraception, education, women's labor force participation, zone of residence, and age. The analysis demonstrates that cumulative fertility depends on couple's ideal family size; duration of union, especially in the 1st 10 years and increasingly less thereafter; mother's education, which has a negative effect that was the most consistent of all those measured; and rural or urban residence. The indirect effects of education and area of residence were found to be present but small. The variables of knowledge and use of contraceptive methods deserve consideration because of their potential relevance for family planning campaigns. Although over 95% of women had knowledge of effective methods of contraception, only 50 to 66% reported having used contraception at any time in their lives.^ieng
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Comportamento Contraceptivo , Características da Família , Fertilidade , Casamento , Coeficiente de Natalidade , Colômbia , Anticoncepção , Demografia , Escolaridade , Serviços de Planejamento Familiar , Conhecimento , População , Dinâmica Populacional , Características de ResidênciaRESUMO
PIP: A model of the causal links between infant mortality and fertility is elaborated and tested using data from a subsample of 14,248 women in marital unions with at least 1 child systematically selected from the 4% sample of the 1973 Colombian census. Path analysis is used to measure the impact of 3 independent variables on fertility for 5-year cohorts of women from 25 through 44 years of age. Fertility is strongly related to the combination of independent variables, with an average corcelation coefficient of .6 for the different age groups and an average of 33% of the variance explained by the model. The amount of variance in mortality explained by the independent variables is very low. A strong influence of infant mortality on fertility is found, with somewhat more than 20% of the variance in fertility explained by variations in infant mortality. Couples replace each 2 child deaths with an additional birth. The high value of the residual coefficient, which includes the impact of variables not tested in the model such as international relations, social norms, and attitudes toward contraception, indicates that fertility reduction is possible through strengthening family planning.^ieng