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Community Context, Land Use and First Birth.

Dirgha J Ghimire¹, William G Axinn

¹University of Michigan.

Rural Sociology

|September 30, 2010

Summary

Community context and land use significantly impact first birth timing during fertility transitions. Proximity to non-family services delays births, while agricultural settings accelerate them, revealing key societal dynamics.

Area of Science:

Sociology
Demography
Human Geography

Background:

Societies undergoing fertility transition experience shifts in birth timing.
Community context and land use are hypothesized to influence these changes.
Understanding these influences is crucial for demographic and social research.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine how community context and land use affect the odds of first birth.
To test theoretical predictions regarding the influence of non-family services and agricultural settings.
To provide evidence on contextual dynamics driving changes in post-marital birth timing.

Main Methods:

Utilized longitudinal, multilevel, and mixed-method data from the Nepalese Himalayas.
Analyzed the influence of proximity to non-family services on first birth timing.

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Assessed the impact of agricultural land use density on first birth timing.

Main Results:

Proximity to non-family services during childhood and early adulthood independently influences first birth odds.
High density of agricultural land use speeds up first births, as predicted.
Contrasting effects of non-family services and agricultural settings were observed.

Conclusions:

Community context, specifically non-family services, plays a significant role in delaying first births.
Agricultural land use accelerates first births, highlighting its economic influence.
These findings offer new insights into the contextual factors shaping fertility transitions.