This study is intended to test two major hypotheses linking socioeconomic variables, intervening variables, and fertility. The first hypothesis states that under a higher level of socioeconomic development, the socioeconomic-fertility association is expected to be negative. The second hypothesis asserts that this association is mediated by several intervening variables (child loss, marital stability, age at marriage, and contraception). The 1987 Indonesian Demographic Health Survey data are analyzed, using regression analysis to test these hypotheses. / The study found that the socioeconomic variables included in this study, except for female labor force participation, did not behave as expected by the first hypothesis. Education has a curvilinear association with fertility, where fertility is low at zero years of education, then moves up at the incomplete primary level, declines a bit at the complete primary level, and finally declines again beyond the primary school level. This result is different from that found from the 1976 WFS data, which showed a positive education-fertility association. With respect to urban-rural residence, a positive relationship of urban residence to fertility was observed; the relationship is similar to that found in 1976 from the WFS data. The last socioeconomic variable, female labor force participation, was found to be negatively related to fertility; however, the differential effect of this variable has decreased. / Turning to the second hypothesis, the study found that three intervening variables incorporated into the final regression equation behaved as expected by the hypothesis. They showed a significant direct effect on fertility. In terms of the order of significance of these intervening variables, child loss experience ranks first, followed by marital stability and age at marriage in that order. The findings with regard to contraception are indeterminate. / The results suggest that social changes in Java are transforming the pattern of Javanese differential fertility to some extent. However, neither a modernization perspective or a family planning perspective can fully account for the transformations. It is necessary to explore other theoretical approaches in order to achieve a greater level of explanation of trends in differential fertility in Java. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-09, Section: A, page: 3602. / Major Professor: Charles B. Nam. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1993.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77009 |
| Contributors | Pribadi, Hasan., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 105 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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