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Where have all the children gone? Quebec's fertility decline: 1941-1991

Author(s) -

Catherine Krull,

Frank Trovato

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

canadian studies in population

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.157

H-Index - 8

eISSN - 1927-629X

pISSN - 0380-1489

DOI - 10.25336/p6js4d

Subject(s) - fertility , socioeconomic status , context (archaeology) , geography , demography , total fertility rate , demographic economics , political science , socioeconomics , economic growth , population , development economics , sociology , economics , research methodology , family planning , archaeology

The province of Quebec, historically known for its unusually high reproductivelevels, has in the past few decades experienced a spectacular fertility decline.This more or less abrupt decline in fertility has corresponded with the socioeconomic transformation of this French-speaking province into a modernsociety. This paper presents a path analysis of period structural factors onfertility change in Quebec from 1941 to 1991. The results are interpreted in thecontext of Quebec’s family policies and assess whether government can orshould attempt to increase fertility levels in Quebec.

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