title: [The geographical distribution of fertility around Mexico City].
abstract: A spatial analysis of fertility around Mexico City reveals an "inverted U" pattern which appears, on the face of it, inconsistent with both conventional economic location analysis and a spatial diffusion process.  A closer examination of the problem implies that economic variables, when integrated in a proper model, may account for the observed cross- sectional spatial pattern, whereas pure diffusion can not.  Spatial diffusion, however, may be responsible at least in part for the observed fertility changes over time.   The geographical patterns of fertility in 2 states neighboring Mexico City (Mexico and Hidalgo) are examined empirically.  The interpretation of the nonmonotonic distance effect is that there are significant locational advantages to childbearing at medium distances that are not enjoyed at households location either very close or far away from the city.
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D005298:Fertility; D005843:Geography; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D007843:Latin America; D008800:Mexico; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011156:Population Density; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D013383:Suburban Population; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Americas; Demographic Analysis; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Differential Fertility; Distance; Fertility; Geographic Factors; Latin America; Mathematical Model; Mexico; Models, Theoretical; North America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Density; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Spatial Distribution; Suburbanization; Urban Population; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization
vernacular_title: La distribucion geografica de la fecundidad alrededor de la ciudad de Mexico