Structural and diffusion effects in the Dutch fertility transition, 1870-1940

Background : Ever since the Princeton European Fertility Project, structural and diffusion effects on fertility behavior have been juxtaposed. However, we still hardly know what the relative effects were of shifting socio-economic conditions and shifts in sociability in explaining the historical fertility decline. Objective : To what extent and how did structural and diffusion effects play a role in the adoption of fertility control in the Dutch historical fertility transition? Methods : A national data set was used with more than 3,000 maternity histories of married Dutch women aged 15-50, wh... Mehr ...