title: [The recent evolution of fertility in Quebec:  demographic and socioeconomic determinants].
abstract: The purpose of this study is to assess the factors which have influenced the evolution of fertility in Quebec between 1960 and 1990, in order to have a better focus on short and middle term fertility's determining factors. A Whittaker-Henderson filter is applied to various variables presumably linked to the total fertility index in order to retrieve and isolate the trend, which then enables concentration on residuals' co-variations. A regression analysis then enables assessment of the factors' weights and the short term's influence (business cycle). Governmental incentives, notably between 1988 and 1990, appear as having contributed, as well as the overall economic conjuncture, to the observed total fertility index raise in the course of this period.
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D002170:Canada; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D016656:Family Planning Policy; D005298:Fertility; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012106:Research; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Americas; Canada; Data Analysis; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Factor Analysis; Fertility; Fertility Determinants; Fertility Incentives; North America; Northern America; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Pronatalist Policy; Research Methodology; Social Policy; Socioeconomic Factors
vernacular_title: L'evolution recente de la fecondite au Quebec: facteurs demographiques, economiques et sociaux.