Globalization, Family Structure, and Declining Fertility in the Developing World
- 1 March 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Review of Radical Political Economics
- Vol. 35 (1) , 44-55
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0486613402250189
Abstract
Striking changes are occurring in family structure in the developing world, and fertility is falling due to a weakening of traditional family controls and a declining value given to procreation. A model of marriage focused on marriage as economic transaction helps explain these diverse trends. The findings reveal a serious threat to young women in such transitional societies. The declining value of their procreative power puts women at the mercy of impersonal, market-driven economic forces with which they are ill equipped to deal.Keywords
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