CIECS   20730
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES Y ESTUDIOS SOBRE CULTURA Y SOCIEDAD
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
The Reproductive Transition in an Indigenous Population of Northern Argentina
Autor/es:
NORBERTO LANZA; CLAUDIA VALEGGIA; ENRIQUE PELÁEZ
Revista:
Biodemography and Social Biology
Editorial:
Society for the Study of Social Biology Board
Referencias:
Lugar: Londres; Año: 2013 vol. 59 p. 212 - 230
ISSN:
1948-5565
Resumen:
Latin America has been registering a fast decrease in fertility rates since the mid-twentieth
century. This change can be linked to the modernization process these populations
have been undergoing. However, research with Latin American indigenous populations,
which are undergoing relatively similar lifestyle changes, shows very different trends in
fertility. The aim of this study was to analyze fertility patterns in the indigenous Toba
community of Cacique Sombrero Negro, which is experiencing a rapid process of economic
and social Westernization. Fertility patterns were analyzed between 1981 and
1999, the period for which the most accurate records were found. Results showed an
overall increase in fertility rates and changes in the age of peak fertility across time
periods. It is hypothesized that the lifestyle transition this population is experiencing
leads to better access to resources that, in the absence of contraception, allow for a
higher number of offspring. Nevertheless, this higher resource availability would be
differential, affecting mostly the fertility of younger mothers.