Evidence for and against the emergence of family size norms in Pakistan
Pullum, T.W.
Pakistan Population Review 1(1): 1-11
1990
PMID: 12317084 Document Number: 376324
Responses to questions on desired and ideal family size from the 1984-1985 Pakistan Contraceptive Prevalence Survey are analyzed for the presence of norms regarding family size. Factors analyzed include region, residence characteristics, educational status, wife's labor force participation, husband's occupation, and wife's age and parity. Pakistani culture and its level of fatalism concerning family size are also considered.