TY - JOUR
T1 - Anticipated child loss to migration and sustained high fertility in an east Caribbean population.
AU - Brittain, A. W.
PY - 1991/1/1
Y1 - 1991/1/1
N2 - Development today is commonly accompanied by rapid urbanization and, where possible, high rates of migration to industrialized countries. At the same time, the expected demographic transition has often not materialized despite decreases in death rates. Child-to-woman ratios in St. Vincent and the Grenadines are related to the educational attainment of women in a census district, the percentage of men engaged in agriculture, whether the district has direct access to the outside world through a port or airport, and, when the other variables are controlled, the stability of a district's population. Those districts with the greatest stability of population had the lowest child-to-woman ratios, suggesting that the anticipated loss of children to migration may be an important factor in maintaining high reproductive rates.
AB - Development today is commonly accompanied by rapid urbanization and, where possible, high rates of migration to industrialized countries. At the same time, the expected demographic transition has often not materialized despite decreases in death rates. Child-to-woman ratios in St. Vincent and the Grenadines are related to the educational attainment of women in a census district, the percentage of men engaged in agriculture, whether the district has direct access to the outside world through a port or airport, and, when the other variables are controlled, the stability of a district's population. Those districts with the greatest stability of population had the lowest child-to-woman ratios, suggesting that the anticipated loss of children to migration may be an important factor in maintaining high reproductive rates.
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U2 - 10.1080/19485565.1991.9988774
DO - 10.1080/19485565.1991.9988774
M3 - Article
C2 - 1749969
AN - SCOPUS:0026115778
VL - 38
SP - 94
EP - 112
JO - Biodemography and Social Biology
JF - Biodemography and Social Biology
SN - 1948-5565
IS - 1-2
ER -