Demographic Responses To Development: Sources Of Declining Fertility In The Philippines

Hackenberg, Robert A

ISBN 10: 0367170051 / ISBN 13: 9780367170059

Published by Routledge, 2020

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pp. 370.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Demographic Responses To Development: Sources Of Declining Fertility In The Philippines
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367170051
• ISBN 13: 9780367170059
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book examines the causes of declining fertility in a major Southeast Asian nation, the Philippines. It describes issues pertaining to the significance and utility of demographic measurement for promoting rapid economic development.

About the Author

Robert A. Hackenberg is professor of anthropology and research associate, Population Research Program, Institute of Behavioral Science, at the University of Colorado. He is also director of Davao Research and Planning Foundation, Inc., Davao City, Philippines. He has been engaged in field studies of economic and demographic change in the Philippines since 1969. Henry F. Magalit is professor of mathematics and statistics at the University of the Philippines, Los BaƱos. He has served as statistical consultant to the Population Institute, University of the Philippines, and to the National Census and Statistics Office. He has also been appointed research associate, Population Research Program Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado.