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Modern and traditional value orientations and fertility behavior: A social demographic study

Author(s) -

William B. Clifford

Publication year - 1971

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.2307/2060337

Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , fertility , demography , social value orientations , psychology , social status , birth control , value (mathematics) , social psychology , population , family planning , sociology , statistics , mathematics , research methodology , social science , mathematical economics

Modern versus traditional value orientations based on the Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck schema are related to family size preferences and birth control effectiveness. Value orientations are viewed as mediating the relationship between socioeconomic status and the fertility behavior variables. Interviews with a probability sample of women in Lexington, Kentucky, provide the data for testing the hypothesized relationships. The results indicate that both value orientations and socioeconomic status are related to fertility behavior. The inference can be made that value orientations aid in interpreting the relationship between socioeconomic status and fertility behavior but that other status-related variables are operating.

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