Socioeconomic Determinants of Fertility Behavior in Developing Nations: Theory and Initial Results -- Copyright -- Contents -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1 -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION -- The Context of Fertility Behavior -- Fertility as a Process -- Causality -- 1.2 OVERVIEW OF THE MODEL -- Intermediate Fertility Variables -- Child Mortality -- Sex Composition -- Socioeconomic Variables -- Interactions -- Variables Omitted From the Model -- 1.3 THE STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS -- Onset -- Early Outcomes -- Endogenous Socioeconomic Variables -- The Adjustment Variables -- Later Child Mortality -- Contraceptive Use Patterns -- Later Fertility -- Transitional Contexts -- Traditional Contexts -- 1.4 REDUCED AND SEMIREDUCED FORM IMPLICATIONS OF THE MODEL -- The Need for Reduction -- Connections With and Between Familiar Variables -- Implied and Actual Semireduced Form Equations -- Inferences About Coefficient Signs -- Child Mortality -- LCU -- CEB -- Child Mortality (CM) -- Contraceptive Use (LCU) -- Children Ever Born (CEB) -- Discussion -- 1.5 CONCLUSION -- The Micro Equations -- Hypotheses About Coefficients -- CHAPTER 2 -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.2 THE PROBLEM -- 2.3 MACRO HYPOTHESES -- Macro Determinants of Micro Slopes -- Macro Determinants of Micro Intercepts -- 2.4 DATA AND VARIABLES EMPLOYED -- 2.5 ILLUSTRATION OF OPERATIONALIZATION -- Macro Comparison -- Micro Results for Peru and Korea -- Age at First Birth (AFB) -- Early Fertility (EF) -- Later Fertility (LF) -- 2.6 MACRO ANALYSIS -- Within-Country Differences -- Between-Country Variability -- AFB and EF Slopes -- LF Slopes -- Intercepts -- 2.7 SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY -- REFERENCES.