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Transitions in fertility for Brazilian women: an analysis of impact factors
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 7, p e40756 (2012), PLoS ONE
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012.
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Abstract
- The labor participation of Brazilian women has increased during the last few decades. According to the World Bank, the percentage of Brazilian women participating in the labor market rose from 20% in the early 1970s to 65% (for women between 16 and 64 years of age) in 2009. The fertility profile has also changed, the fertility rate has decreased from 6.2 in 1960 to 1.9 in 2009, below the replacement rate, according to the World Bank. This paper will present Brazilian fertility trends during the previous (20(th)) and present (21(st)) centuries and, emphasize the importance of individual profiles for fertility decisions. This work uses Brazilian data from PNAD (Pesquisa Nacional de Amostra por Domicilios) to understand the cause of this relationship and to predict the consequences of these choices on women's economic development.
- Subjects :
- Non-Clinical Medicine
Economics
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Fertility Rate
Social Policy
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Cohort Studies
Sociology
Pregnancy
Young adult
Human Families
Birth Rate
Child
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Human Capital
Multidisciplinary
Mortality rate
Statistics
Middle Aged
Socioeconomic Aspects of Health
Parity
Medicine
Female
Brazil
Cohort study
Research Article
Adult
Employment
Adolescent
Total fertility rate
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Political Science
Fertility
Biology
Birth rate
Young Adult
Population Metrics
medicine
Humans
Women
Statistical Methods
Demography
Labor Studies
Population Biology
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Economics of Health
medicine.disease
Socioeconomic Factors
Labor Economics
Women's Health
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Mathematics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....367237a803f8168bab59f78ac215c28b