Bagozzi R P, Van Loo M F
Demography. 1978 Aug;15(3):301-20.
A general theory of fertility is derived hypothesizing that the demand for children is primarily an outcome of social psychological processes within the family, subject to certain socioeconomic constraints. Two broad social psychological processes are posited as determinants of fertility. The first suggests that the attitudes or tastes of family members influence the demand for children. The second maintains that the nature of the husband-wife interaction (in terms of power, conflict, decision making, and marital satisfaction) determines family size. Socioeconomic variables, in the form of the normative social structure and social stratification, and economic constraints, such as income and price, are hypothesized to influence fertility through their impact on social psychological processes within the family. The overall theory is tested on two independent samples--one in Ankara, Turkey, the second in Mexico City, Mexico--using a structural equation methodology.
本文推导了一个生育的一般理论，假设对孩子的需求主要是家庭内部社会心理过程的结果，并受到某些社会经济限制。文中提出了两个广泛的社会心理过程作为生育的决定因素。第一个因素表明家庭成员的态度或偏好会影响对孩子的需求。第二个因素认为夫妻互动的性质（在权力、冲突、决策和婚姻满意度方面）决定家庭规模。社会经济变量，以规范的社会结构和社会分层的形式存在，以及经济限制，如收入和价格，被假设通过对家庭内部社会心理过程的影响来影响生育。使用结构方程方法，在两个独立样本上对整体理论进行了检验——一个样本来自土耳其安卡拉，另一个来自墨西哥墨西哥城。
