title: Empirical findings on socioeconomic determinants of fertility differentials in Costa Rica.
abstract: "This paper seeks to (1) identify socioeconomic variables that are expected to generate fertility differentials; (2) hypothesize the direction and magnitude of the effect of each variable by reference to a demand-for-children model; and (3) test empirically the model using evidence from Costa Rica.  The estimates are obtained from a ten-percent systematic random sample of all Costa Rican individual-family households.  There are 15,924 families in the sample...."  The authors specifically seek "to capture the effects of changing relative prices and available income and time constraints on parental preferences for children.  Least-squares estimates show statistically significant relationships between household fertility and opportunity cost of time, parental education, occurrence of an extended family, medical care, household sanitation, economic sector of employment, and household stock of nonhuman capital."
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Carvajal
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Geithman
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001290:Attitude; D001519:Behavior; D002489:Central America; D002648:Child; D003364:Costa Rica; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003657:Decision Making; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005298:Fertility; D006262:Health; D006296:Health Services; D007182:Income; D007843:Latin America; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011584:Psychology; D011634:Public Health; D012499:Sanitation; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Americas; Attitude; Behavior; Central America; Child Worth; Costa Rica; Decision Making; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Differential Fertility--determinants; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Employment; Extended Family; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Size; Family Size, Desired; Fertility; Fertility Determinants; Health; Health Services; Income; Latin America; Macroeconomic Factors; Marketing; Microeconomic Factors; North America; Population; Population Dynamics; Pricing; Psychological Factors; Public Health; Research Report; Sanitation; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Time Factors; Utility Theory