Abstract
Providing both an historical view and a consideration of very recent population developments, it shows that despite strictures of the Catholic church and popular attitudes favouring procreation, Chileans have been quite sensitive to population pressures. A century ago the people of Petorca responded to worsening conditions by delaying marriage and by moving to more prosperous regions; now they are reacting to Latin America's modern demographic revolution by consciously curtailing reproduction. Finds it surprising how little modernization is necessary to bring about a substantial decline in fertility. Also notes that the real decline in fertility in Latin America has been accompanied by an increase in the proportion of women who marry and a lowering of the average age at the time of marriage. -from Author
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Marriage and fertility in Chile. Demographic turning points in the Petorca Valley, 1840-1976. |
| Publisher | Westview Press, Dellplain Latin American Studies 14; distributed Bowker |
| ISBN (Print) | 0865315329, 9780865315327 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1983 |
