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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
2
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1984-6-25
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| pubmed:grant | |
| pubmed:keyword |
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Attitude--changes,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Behavior,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Contraceptive Usage,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Cultural Background,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Demographic Factors,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Developing Countries,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Economic Factors,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Family Planning,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Fertility--changes,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Guam,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Intermediate Variables,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Kap Surveys,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Marriage Age,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Micronesia,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Micronesia-polynesia,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Oceania,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Population,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Population Decrease--determinants,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Psychological Factors,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/RELIGION,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Research Report,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Social Change,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Socioeconomic Factors--changes,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Women's Status
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Apr
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| pubmed:issn |
0021-9320
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
16
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
231-9
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-14
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| pubmed:otherAbstract |
PIP: Since the end of World War II, the Guam native population, who are mostly Roman Catholics, has undergone 1 of the most dramatic socioeconomic developments ever recorded, turning completely from a subsistence to a wage economy within a few decades. They have rapidly become incorporated into the dominant American culture and economy. This accelerated process of modernization has been accompanied by a very sharp fertility decline. Surprisingly, from 1950 to 1960, fertility declined dramatically in the absence of a family planning program. The estimated fertility rates for Guam natives in 1950, 1960, 1970 and 1977, illustrate this decline. The TFR for Guam natives declined 12% from 7282 children/1000 women of reproductive age in 1950, to 6414 in 1960. By 1977, it was only 1/2 of the 1950 rate. The general fertility rate followed a similar pattern, dropping 48%, from 219 to 113, over the period 1950-77. The family planning program, inaugurated in 1968, probably facilitated the rapid fertility decline since 1970. Although nearly 1/2 the decline in the crude birth rate from 1950 to 1960 is attributable to changes in the age structure, this is not thought to be the explanation for the 43% decline from 1950-77, as shown by the age-standardized crude birth rate using the 1950 population as the standard. The trend of fertility decline for Guam natives was similar to that for developing countries with dramatic fertility reduction during the modernization process, e.g., South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The fertility trend of Guam natives is a good example of other findings that fertility declines often occur at points of intersection of major cultures as well as on islands, which are maybe more readily susceptible to outside influence. Many conditions favorable to a fertility decline on Guam are present, namely those arising from contact with mainstream American culture. They include a rising age at marriage as women increasingly participate in the labor force and achieve higher educational levels. A KAP study relative to family planning among native Guam women, found increasing use of contraceptive devices among them, regardless of their Church's opposition. It is suggested that the increasing defection of Guam Roman Catholic women from the teachings of their Church on the subject of birth control has been 1 main reason for the observed fertility decline.
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:6725304-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:6725304-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:6725304-Birth Rate,
pubmed-meshheading:6725304-Ethnic Groups,
pubmed-meshheading:6725304-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:6725304-Fertility,
pubmed-meshheading:6725304-Guam,
pubmed-meshheading:6725304-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:6725304-Infant, Newborn,
pubmed-meshheading:6725304-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:6725304-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:6725304-Pregnancy,
pubmed-meshheading:6725304-Socioeconomic Factors
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| pubmed:year |
1984
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
The rapid fertility decline in Guam natives.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
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