Journal of population studies 

About: Journal of population studies is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Population & Fertility. It has an ISSN identifier of 1018-3841. Over the lifetime, 620 publications have been published receiving 2455 citations.

Pregnancy-related school dropout and prior school performance in South Africa.

Abstract: Although considerable attention has been paid to the prevalence of adolescent childbearing in the less developed world few studies have focused on the educational consequences of schoolgirl pregnancy. Using data collected in 2001 in KwaZulu-Natal South Africa this paper examines the factors associated with schoolgirl pregnancy as well as the likelihood of school dropout and subsequent re-enrollment among pregnant schoolgirls. This analysis triangulates data collected from birth histories education histories and data concerning pregnancy to strengthen the identification of young women who became pregnant while enrolled in school and to define discrete periods of school interruption prior to first pregnancy. We find that prior school performance--defined as instances of grade repetition or non-pregnancy-related temporary withdrawals from school--is strongly associated with a young womans likelihood of becoming pregnant while enrolled in school dropping out of school if she becomes pregnant and not returning to school following a pregnancy-related dropout. Young women who are the primary caregivers to their children are also significantly more likely to have left school than are women who shared or relinquished childcare responsibilities. Furthermore young women who lived with an adult female were significantly more likely to return to school following a pregnancy-related dropout. Given the increasing levels of female school participation in sub-Saharan Africa our findings suggest that future studies will benefit from exploring the causal relationships between prior school experiences adolescent reproductive behavior and subsequent school attendance. (authors)

Methodological Challenges of Traditional and Virtual Anthropological Fieldwork in Migrant Integration Research: the Case of Chinese-Hungarian Interethnic Partner Relationships

Abstract: The incidence of consanguineous marriage in Turkey is examined with a focus on the impact of selected background variables. Data from the 1988 Fertility and Health Survey conducted by Hacettepe University are analyzed and the results are compared with those from the 1983 survey in an attempt to determine how the rapid social change in the country during that period has affected the rate of consanguineous marriage. Factors considered include regional distribution size of settlement place birthplace education parental consanguinity family-arranged marriage age at first marriage and payment of bride money. (SUMMARY IN TUR)

Fertility Decline in South Korea: Forty Years of Policy-Behavior Dialogue

Abstract: 한국의 출산력 감소: 40년 동안의 정책과 출산행위간의 대화 1960-2000년 동안 한국의 사회경제적 상황, 인구정책, 출산력 감소간의 상호 관련성을 분석하였다. 연령별 출산율에 기반한 전통적 합계출산율이 혼인연령과 출산연령의 변화에 따라 영향을 받기 때문에 센서스 2% 표본 자료를 활용하여 기간출생진도비(PPPR)를 계산하고, 가족의 크기 분포도를 살펴보았다. PPPR에 의거한 합계출산율은 1960년 5.21, 1980년 2.76, 2000년 1.69로 감소하였다. 가족계획사업은 1960년대와 1970년대에 걸쳐 원하는 자녀 수 이외의 출산을 예방하는데 성공했다. 1980년대에는 지속적인 출산억제정책으로 대체출산수준에 도달했고, 출생성비의 불균형 현상이 나타났다. 1990년대의 인구정책은 1자녀 장려정책 폐지와 함께, 출생성비균형, 인공유산감소, 청소년을 위한 정책, 여성의 권한 증대 등 인구의 질과 복지에 초점을 두었다. 2000년대에는 한국의 출산력이 세계에서 가장 낮은 국가 중의 하나로 감소하였다. 2005년의 인구정책은 2010년까지 합계출산율 1.6 달성 목표를 채택하였다. 이 연구 결과는 가임 기간 동안 자녀를 출산하지 않는 여성의 비중이 1995년 10%에서, 2000년 16%로 급증하였으며, 1997년 이후 그 비중이 다소 가파르게 증가하고 있음을 보여준다. 따라서 출산장려정책은 혼인과 첫째아 출산에 모아져야 함을 시사하고 있다. 이를 위해, 여성의 직업과 가정의 양립성을 증진시킬 수 있는 사회정책을 촉구하고 있다.