title: Determinants of fertility control in Korea.
abstract: The objective of this study is to examine the socioeconomic and intervening determinants of fertility control in Korea.  The conceptual framework applied here is based on the synthesis framework of fertility control developed by Easterlin and Crimmins.  The data came from the 1974 Korean National Family Survey, which was conducted as part of the World Fertility Survey.  The study focuses on the relative importance of the socioeconomic factors and intervening variables in the determination of fertility control.  The most interesting finding is that there are only small differentials in fertility control by socioeconomic factors.  The analysis emphasizes the importance of examining the determinants of fertility control in terms of the intervening variables, which include the components of natural fertility, desired family size, and costs of fertility control.  These intervening variables provide general support for the theoretical predictions.  Moreover, most of the coefficients for these variables are statistically significant at the .05 level.  The analysis also shows that motivation for fertility control is an important factor in determining use of fertility control.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001208:Asia; D001519:Behavior; D001723:Birth Rate; D003267:Contraception; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D005298:Fertility; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007723:Korea; D008136:Longevity; D017533:Marital Status; D008393:Marriage; D009026:Mortality; D009042:Motivation; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011584:Psychology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012098:Reproduction; D012106:Research; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D015996:Survival Rate
keywords: Age Factors; Asia; Behavior; Child Survival; Contraception; Contraceptive Usage--determinants; Currently Married--women; Data Analysis; Decision Making; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Planning; Family Size; Family Size, Desired; Fecundity; Fertility; Fertility Determinants; Fertility Measurements; Fertility Surveys; Intermediate Variables; Korea; Korea, Republic Of; Length Of Life; Marital Status; Mortality; Motivation; Natural Fertility; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Psychological Factors; Psychosocial Factors; Reproduction; Reproductive Behavior; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Statistical Regression; Survivorship; Utility Theory; World Fertility Surveys