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  • Title: [Trends and differentials in fertility in Latin America: evidence from the WFS].
    Author: Vlassoff M.
    Journal: Notas Poblacion; 1986 Aug; 14(41):25-81. PubMed ID: 12268025.
    Abstract:
    This study presents a comprehensive comparative analysis of the data gathered in the World Fertility Survey (WFS) for the 13 participating countries of the Latin American and Caribbean region. The article begins by examining recent and cumulative fertility, and making an effort to include data other than that of the WFS for purposes of error estimation. The presentation takes the form of short descriptions of recent fertility trends in each country, e.g. Costa Rica experienced a marked decline in the past 20-25 years, although the trend slowed during the mid-1970s, possibly because of some legal problems associated with contraceptive distribution, among other factors. Several other factors are then analyzed, which bear upon the explanation of trends and differentials in fertility. Sections on infecundity and childlessness, infant and child mortality, and sex preferences for offspring are included to make available a wider range of WFS comparative results. Examples of data included in tables are, in Paraguay, of couples desiring boys only, 43% are actually using contraceptives, while 59% of couples desiring girls only are actually using contraceptives. In Haiti, Peru, and the Dominican Republic, where the infant mortality is highest, almost 34% of deaths were of children aged 1-4, while in Panama, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica, where mortality has diminished most, only 22% of the deaths are in this group. Socioeconomic determinants of cumulative fertility are probed using a log-linear model. 3 proximate determinants of fertility: age at 1st union; contraceptive use; and lactational infecundity are examined and their contributions to fertility differentials assessed. Finally, the role of socioeconomic factors in determining these intermediate variables is analyzed.
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