United Nations comparative fertility survey programs: balancing national challenges and international objectives

Marie Digoix

No 296, Working Papers from French Institute for Demographic Studies

Abstract: This historical analysis examines the practice of international comparison through the study of three projects coordinated by the United Nations in Geneva around the study of fertility in Europe. In all three projects, the difficulty of adopting a theoretical framework is testified to in various ways, due to divergent interests in terms of research, implementation, national priorities and finances. These practical pitfalls produce mixed results in terms of reflection on the methodology of international comparison and its real possibility of being achieved.

Keywords: international comparison; methodology; historical analysis; fertility survey; family; fertility; world fertility surveys; comparative fertility survey; family and fertility survey; United Nations; Population Activities Unit; UNECE; comparaison internationale; analyse historique; méthodologie; enquête de fécondité; famille; fécondité; enquêtes mondiales de fécondité; enquête comparative de fécondité; enquête famille et fécondité; Nations Unies; Population Activities Unit; CEE-ONU; METHODOLOGIE / METHODOLOGY; COMPARAISON INTERNATIONALE / INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; ENQUETE SUR LA FECONDITE ET LA FAMILLE (FFS) / FERTILITY AND FAMILY SURVEYS; ENQUETE SUR LA FECONDITE / FERTILITY SURVEYS; ENQUETE MONDIALE SUR LA FECONDITE / WORLD FERTILITY SURVEY; ONU / UN (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.48756/ined-dt-296.0824

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