[The infant mortality-fertility relation and intervening contextual factors--an analysis of causal routes]. / La relacion mortalidad en la ninez--fecundidad y factores contextuales intervinientes--un analisis de rutas causales.
Estud Poblac
; 5(7-12): 31-49, 1980.
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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
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Assunto principal:
Mortalidade Infantil
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Fertilidade
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Colombia
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Es
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Estud Poblac
Ano de publicação:
1980
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Article
País de publicação:
Colômbia