The Changing Value of Children in Turkey. Current Studies on the Value of Children. Number 60-E.

Autor/in	Kagitcibasi, Cigdem
Institution	East-West Center, Honolulu, HI.
Titel	The Changing Value of Children in Turkey. Current Studies on the Value of Children. Number 60-E.
Quelle	(1982), (109 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Birth Rate; Children; Cross Cultural Studies; Decision Making; Demography; Family Planning; Foreign Countries; Parent Attitudes; Psychological Needs; Sex Role; Social Change; Social Influences; Social Science Research; Socioeconomic Influences; Spouses; Values; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Demografie; Familienplanung; Ausland; Elternverhalten; Geschlechterrolle; Sozialer Wandel; Sozialer Einfluss; Social scientific research; Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Ehepartner; Wertbegriff; Türkei
Abstract	Part of a nine-country cross-cultural research project designed to answer the question "Why do people want children?", this study examined the social, psychological, socioeconomic, and demographic determinants of fertility in Turkey. A nationally representative sample of 2305 married persons (1762 females and 543 males) were interviewed at length. Findings showed that socioeconomic and cultural factors affect the perceptions, values, and attitudes of people and are reflected in relations between spouses. Values, perceptions, and attitudes, in turn, as social-psychological mechanisms, affect fertility behavior. Analysis of the cross-sectional data suggested that with socioeconomic development and especially with increased education, children's economic value decreases, whereas their psychological value increases. Correlational and regression analysis also revealed that where children's economic value assumed importance, son preference was prevalent, women's status in the family was low, the old-age security value of children was high, and fertility was high. (Author/RM)
Anmerkungen	East-West Population Institute, East-West Center, 1777 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96848 ($2.50).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC