Ethnic Dimensions of Guatemala’s Stalled Transition: A Parity-Specific Analysis of Ladino and Indigenous Fertility Regimes

Kathryn Grace () and Stuart Sweeney ()
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Kathryn Grace: University of Utah
Stuart Sweeney: University of California

Demography, 2016, vol. 53, issue 1, No 5, 117-137

Abstract: Abstract In some contemporary populations, fertility levels appear to plateau, with women maintaining a consistently high level of fertility for a relatively extended period. Because this plateau does not reflect the historical patterns observed in Europe, the focus of most studies on fertility patterns, mechanisms underlying the plateau and the reinstatement of a decline have not been fully explored and are not fully understood. Through the construction of fertility histories of 25,000 women using multiple years of health survey data, we analyze some of the components of stalled fertility as they pertain to Guatemala, the only Central American country to have experienced a stalled fertility decline.

Keywords: Fertility transition; Parity; Ethnicity; Guatemala (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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