Fertility transition and women's life course in Mexico.
Contributors: United Nations. Dept. for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis.
Publisher: United Nations
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 62
Subjects: Family size -- Mexico -- Longitudinal studies.; Fertility, Human -- Mexico -- Longitudinal studies.; Women in development -- Mexico.; Mexico -- Statistics, Vital.
Description: "Investigation uses data on women born between 1927-66 from Encuesta Mexicana de Fecundidad (1976) and Encuesta Nacional de Fecundidad y Salud (1987) to examine longitudinal impact of demographic, social, and economic changes on women's lives and fertility. Analyzes how members of different groups make life choices based on increasing opportunities, but also on restrictions resulting from historical events"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-62).
"Prepared by Marta Mier y Terán"--P. iii.
At head of title: Dept. for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis.
"ST/ESA/SER.R/136."
"United Nations publication sales no. E.94.XIII.5"--T.p. verso.