van de Walle E
Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
Demography. 1992 Nov;29(4):487-502.
One of the preconditions of the fertility transition, as stated by A.J. Coale, is that reproductive decisions must be within the calculus of conscious choice. It is suggested that the change in mentality which leads to family limitation includes "numeracy about children," a clear notion of what family size ought to be and the awareness of individuals of where they stand with respect to the norm. The article explores the hypothesis that numeracy about children appeared historically in various times and places, and that the conceptualization of family size was a necessary condition for adopting family limitation.
正如A.J. 科尔所指出的，生育转变的前提条件之一是生殖决策必须在有意识的选择范围内。有人认为，导致家庭规模限制的心态变化包括“对孩子的计算能力”，即对家庭规模应该是多少有清晰的概念，以及个人对自己相对于规范所处位置的认识。本文探讨了这样一种假设，即对孩子的计算能力在历史上的不同时间和地点出现，并且家庭规模的概念化是采取家庭规模限制的必要条件。
