Community Context, Land Use, and First Birth

Autor/inn/en	Ghimire, Dirgha J.; Axinn, William G.
Titel	Community Context, Land Use, and First Birth
Quelle	In: Rural Sociology, 75 (2010) 3, S.478-513 (36 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-0112
DOI	10.1111/j.1549-0831.2010.00019.x
Schlagwörter	Family Life; Land Use; Community Characteristics; Birth; Prediction; Proximity; Agricultural Occupations; Foreign Countries; Children; Young Adults; Rural Areas; Services; Cultural Context; Context Effect; Nepal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bodennutzung; Geburt; Vorhersage; Lebensnähe; Agriculture; Occupation; Landwirtschaft; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Ausland; Child; Kind; Kinder; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Dienstleistung
Abstract	This article examines the influence of community context and land use on the monthly odds of first birth in a society in the midst of dramatic fertility transition. The theoretical framework guiding our work predicts that proximity to nonfamily services should delay first births by creating opportunities for competing nonfamily activities and spreading new ideas that change expectations about family life. On the other hand, living in agricultural settings that provide opportunities for higher returns to child labor should speed first births. We use a longitudinal, multilevel, mixed-method data from the Nepalese Himalayas to test these predictions. The empirical results reveal that nonfamily services during childhood and during early adulthood both have important independent influences on the odds of first birth. Also, as predicted, a high density of agricultural land use affects the odds of first births in the opposite direction, speeding first births. This clear pattern of contrasting effects provides important new evidence of the contextual dynamics that produce watershed changes in postmarital birth timing. (As Provided).
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