title: [Overlying cultural factors:  the saturation of tensions as an explanation of fertility decline in Switzerland].
abstract: "The purpose of this article is to provide an explanation of the recent decline of fertility in Switzerland with a saturation model.  This process, which can be observed in the majority of highly developed countries since about 1965, is part of a long-term process of limitation of births." Factors considered in the model include the segregation between the work place and household, the development of social security systems, excessive consumption, and changing values.  The model attempts to show that individuals are experiencing increasing structural and cultural tensions due to an increase in the impact of such factors that lead them to react in a variety of ways, some of which can affect the number and timing of births.  The author suggests that both the fertility level and fertility decline have different determinants and concludes that fears of the "dying out" of the Swiss population are premature. (SUMMARY IN ENG AND FRE)
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authors.lastname: Fux
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior; D001721:Birth Intervals; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D005060:Europe; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005298:Fertility; D005376:Financial Management; D005380:Financing, Government; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011584:Psychology; D012106:Research; D012943:Social Security; D012945:Social Values; D013557:Switzerland
keywords: Behavior; Birth Spacing; Consumption; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Europe; Family Planning; Fertility; Financial Activities; Financing, Government; Macroeconomic Factors; Models, Theoretical; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Decrease; Population Dynamics; Psychological Factors; Research Methodology; Social Security; Switzerland; Value Orientation--changes; Western Europe