Fertility and the changing pattern of the timing of childbearing in Colombia

Batyra, Ewa

doi:10.4054/demres.2016.35.46

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“…This gives further support to Rodriguez-Vignoli’s argument that such declines in LAC are driven by a reduction in the number of births to each adolescent, not the proportion of young women who become adolescent mothers in the first place [13]. Batyra’s study in Colombia [24] also demonstrates how successive cohorts of women are increasing the timing of subsequent births.…”

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Trends in adolescent first births in five countries in Latin America and the Caribbean: disaggregated data from demographic and health surveys

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BackgroundAdolescents in the Latin American and Caribbean region continue to experience poor reproductive health outcomes, including high rates of first birth before the age of 20 years. Aggregate national level data fails to identify groups where progress is particularly poor. This paper explores how trends in adolescent births have changed over time in five countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Peru) using data disaggregated by adolescent age group, wealth and urban / rural residence.MethodsThe study draws on Demographic and Health Survey data from five countries where three surveys are available since 1990, with the most recent after 2006. It examines trends in adolescent births by wealth status and urban/rural residence.ResultsThere has been little progress in reducing adolescent first births over the last two decades in these countries. Adolescent first births continue to be more common among the poorest and rural residents, and births among the youngest age-group (< 16 years) are particularly concentrated among these populations.ConclusionAdolescent first births continue to be a major issue in these five countries, including amongst the youngest group (< 16 years), although the contexts in which it is occurring are changing over time. Efforts are needed to expand sexual education and services for adolescents and young people, as well as introduce and enforce legislation to provide effective protection from abuse or exploitation. Greater disaggregation of adolescent fertility data is needed if we are to measure progress towards the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals to “leave no-one behind”.

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Trends in adolescent first births in five countries in Latin America and the Caribbean: disaggregated data from demographic and health surveys

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“…Although during the baby boom fertility recovered in virtually all educational groups, recovery was more substantial among highly educated women, and consequently the educational gradient in fertility declined. Similar findings are also reported in Columbia (Batyra 2016) and South Korea (Yoo 2014). Raymo and colleagues (2015) report different scenarios regarding inter-cohort changes in the education-fertility relationship.…”

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The educational differential in fertility in transitional China: Temporal and regional variation

Niu¹,

Qi²

2020

DemRes

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BACKGROUND Education expansion has contributed significantly to fertility decline during the worldwide fertility transition. Yet, it is less clear whether the educational gradient in fertility remains stable and persists in the post-transition era. In light of the rapid education expansion in many low-fertility countries, the education-fertility nexus becomes increasingly relevant to demographic and socioeconomic prospects. OBJECTIVE In this study we investigate the education-fertility relationship in China by focusing on its robustness in different socio-institutional contexts both during and after the demographic transition. METHODS We use the cohort parity progression ratios (PPRs) to unveil women's reproduction progress over the life course. The PPRs are estimated for each educational group, jointly classified by cohort, period, place of residence, and province, using China's census and mini-census data between 1982 and 2015. We fit multilevel models to investigate the education-fertility relationship and to explore its temporal and contextual variation. RESULTS We find strong empirical support for a negative association between women's education and each of the successive PPRs in China, both during and after the course of fertility transition. Nevertheless, the strength of the relationship changes over time, particularly for second and higher order births. The education-fertility link also varies profoundly by contextual features. Niu & Qi: The educational differential in fertility in transitional China 658 http://www.demographic-research.org CONTRIBUTION This study extends the literature by exploring the potential dynamics and structural variation of the education-fertility link from demographically transitional to posttransition China. The results provide a panoramic picture of fertility change in China, and insights that lead to a better understanding of world population prospects in the post-transition era.

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“…This process was particularly pronounced among the highest educated women (Rosero-Bixby, Castro-Martín, and Martín-García 2009). Moreover, a study for Colombia has shown that the risk of first birth decreased across recent cohorts of women who entered higher education, suggesting a retreat from early childbearing in that educational stratum (Batyra 2016). In spite of these emerging changes, so far, the evolution of the pattern of transition to first birth at all stages of women's…”

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Increasing Educational Disparities in the Timing of Motherhood in the Andean Region: A Cohort Perspective

Batyra

2019

Popul Res Policy Rev

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In spite of a peculiar pattern of the age at first birth in Latin America, there is little research about the long-term trends in the timing of transition to motherhood at all stages of women's reproductive lives and across countries in the region. This paper examines the evolution of educational disparities in the age at first birth during the fertility transition in three Andean region countries: Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru. Using birth history information available in the latest Population and Housing Censuses, I estimate the first-birth age-specific rates disaggregated by various measures of education level, for cohorts born between 1945 and 1980. In all countries, educational expansion was accompanied by increasing rates of first birth before the age of 20 among women with below completed higher education, but the most drastic change occurred among women who dropped out of secondary school. Concurrently, the first-birth rates at the age of 20-29 decreased for women who achieved higher education; an evidence of an increase in the rates above the age of 30 among them started to emerge. A pronounced divergence in the first-birth timing between the educational groups occurred during the fertility transition. Comparison of a relative and an absolute educational level classification shows that the increasing disparities between the lowest and the highest educated women were similarly pronounced even when accounting for the changes in educational composition across cohorts. This paper discusses the potential factors behind the polarization in the age at first birth in the region. It argues that there is a need for policies encouraging not only secondary school entrance but also secondary school completion in the context of substantial educational expansion and high levels of school dropout observed in the region.

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Fertility and the changing pattern of the timing of childbearing in Colombia

Cited by 22 publications

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Trends in adolescent first births in five countries in Latin America and the Caribbean: disaggregated data from demographic and health surveys

Trends in adolescent first births in five countries in Latin America and the Caribbean: disaggregated data from demographic and health surveys

The educational differential in fertility in transitional China: Temporal and regional variation

Increasing Educational Disparities in the Timing of Motherhood in the Andean Region: A Cohort Perspective

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