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The change in the fertility rates and the determinants of birth interval of Korean women  

Ryoo, Kee-Cheol (충북대학교 경제학과)
Piao, Ying-Hua (충북대학교 대학원 경제학과)
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Korea journal of population studies / v.32, no.1, 2009 , pp. 1-23 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper uses a survey data to analyze the age-specific fertility rates, age-specific cumulative fertility rates, and ages of marriage of the five birth cohorts of Korean women born in the 1940s and thereafter. It was found that later cohorts reach their highest age-specific fertility rate at higher ages than earlier cohorts. The age-specific cumulative fertility rates of the 1950s and 1960 cohorts were found to be much lower than those of the immediately preceding cohorts, while those of the 1970s and 1980s cohorts were not different from those of the 1960s cohorts. Women belonging to later cohorts were found to get married at relatively higher ages. The estimation results of the hazard model show that women belonging to later cohorts and those with more schooling have a tendency to get married at higher ages. The effect of the birth cohorts is thought to be due to the economic, social, and cultural changes in Korea during the late 50 years or so. The time interval between a woman‘s marriage and first birth was found not to be affected by either the year of marriage or that of her birth. Also, those who remained employed for some time around their marriage and those with low schooling were found to have a lower first child birth hazard, which implies that married women’s employment status and family income play an important role in their decisions on childbirth.
Keywords
age-specific fertility rates; age-specific cumulative fertility rates; ages of marriage; birth cohort; marriage hazard rate; first child birth hazard rate; employment status;
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