[Fertility and development in Brazil: an analysis with stepwise regression]. / Fecundidade e desenvolvimento no Brasil: uma anlise com regressao em etapas.
Bol Demogr
; 11(2): 14-34, 1980.
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PIP: This paper analyses a few statistical relations between socioeconomic factors and reproduction in Brazil; the method used is the stepwise regression method, which tries to obtain the best possible explanation of dependent variables with the least possible number of steps. Data utilized are the same used in a preceeding study of the same title which appeared in Boletim Demografico, Jul-Sep 1980. The main results of this investigation are: 1) female salaried labour and female labour force are the factors which mostly influence reduction of fertility; 2) better living conditions, and especially availability of clean water, help reduce the number of fetal mortalities and of spontaneous abortions, thereby resulting in increased fertility; this particular phenomenon is related to occupation of husband; 3) educational status per se does not influence fecundity, but educational status together with other variables contributes to negatively affect fecundity; a higher education status helps toward the change in attitude needed to lower desired family size. These findings are for the total national territory including the states of Sao Paulo and of Rio de Janeiro which are the richest and most populated, and which do not exemplify the situation in the rest of the country. The same statistical study done without data from Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro still revealed that female salaried labour, and not male salaried labour, together with level of industrialization are the variables which mostly influence fecundity levels, especially in areas of high fertility.^ieng
Palavras-chave
Americas; Birth Rate; Brazil; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Development Planning; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Family Size, Ideal; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Fertility Rate; Geographic Factors; Industrialization; Latin America; Linear Regression; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Residence Characteristics; Social Change; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; South America; Spatial Distribution; Statistical Studies; Studies; Urban Population; Women's Status
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Planejamento Social
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Fatores Socioeconômicos
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População Urbana
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Direitos da Mulher
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Características da População
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Características de Residência
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Coeficiente de Natalidade
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Estatística como Assunto
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Economia
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Escolaridade
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
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Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Equity_inequality
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Pt
Revista:
Bol Demogr
Ano de publicação:
1980
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Brasil