Channels of Social Influence on Reproduction
Channels of Social Influence on Reproduction
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社会对生育的影响渠道
DOI：
10.1023/b:popu.0000020892.15221.44
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发表时间：
2003
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
L. Bernardi
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作者：
L. Bernardi
本文研究了不同类型的社会机制，这些机制导致了生育偏好和家庭行为扩散模型所预测的夫妻生育偏好的相互依赖。我们分析了对意大利北部 54 名女性进行的深度访谈笔录。与亲戚和同龄人有关生育和家庭选择的观察和对话的丰富信息使我们能够区分社会互动影响生育偏好的四种不同方式，即社会学习、社会压力、主观义务和传染。其次，我们展示了影响生育行为的每种机制的功效如何取决于互动中涉及的人际关系的种类和结构。最后，我们讨论了与为人父母过渡相关的个人态度和价值观在面对面互动中产生和协商的方式，以及关注偏好形成和修改过程对于理解生育行为的重要性。
The article investigates the different types of social mechanisms responsible for the interdependence of couples' reproductive preferences predicted by diffusion models of fertility and family behavior. We analyze the transcripts of in-depth interviews carried out with 54 women in the northern part of Italy. The rich information on observations and conversations about fertility and family choices with relatives and peers enables us to distinguish four different ways in which social interaction influences reproductive preferences, namely social learning, social pressure, subjective obligation and contagion. Second, we show how the efficacy of each mechanism affecting fertility behavior depends on the kind and the structure of personal relationships involved in the interaction. Finally, we discuss the ways in which individual attitudes and values associated with the transition to parenthood are produced and negotiated in face-to-face interactions, and the importance of focusing on the process of preference-formationand modification for understanding fertility behavior.