Trent K
Department of Sociology, State University of New York, Albany.
J Biosoc Sci. 1990 Jul;22(3):281-92. doi: 10.1017/s0021932000018666.
Data for a sample of 50 developing countries are analysed to investigate the social correlates of the teenage birth rate. Of five major factors considered as predictors of national birth rates (socioeconomic development, family planning programmes, women's status, the sex ratio, and marriage patterns), regression analyses reveal that only the average age at marriage for women has a significant effect on the teenage birth rate. In contrast, all variables except the sex ratio and the average age at marriage for women have a significant effect on the total fertility rate.
对50个发展中国家的样本数据进行分析，以研究青少年生育率的社会关联因素。在被视为国家生育率预测指标的五个主要因素（社会经济发展、计划生育项目、妇女地位、性别比例和婚姻模式）中，回归分析显示，只有女性的平均结婚年龄对青少年生育率有显著影响。相比之下，除性别比例和女性平均结婚年龄外的所有变量对总生育率都有显著影响。
