%0 Journal Article
%T Fertility decline and social change: new trends and challenges
%A Ram
%A Bali
%J Canadian Studies in Population
%D 2003
%I Canadian Population Society
%X English This article presents an overview of recent fertility declines and theireffectson social change in both industrialized and industrializing countries. Thefocus is primarily on the levels and age patterns of fertility, which influencesocial change through three major mechanisms, reductions in populationgrowth, modifications in age structure, and changes in family structure.Some future prospects are also discussed, especially in the view of theviability of immigration as a solution to population stability, graying of theindustrialized world, intergenerational support, and loneliness. French Cet article pr¨¦sente un survol de la baisse r¨¦cente de f¨¦condit¨¦ et de seseffets sur les changements sociaux dans les pays industrialis¨¦s et les pays envoie d¡¯industrialisation. L¡¯article porte principalement sur les niveaux def¨¦condit¨¦ et la distribution de f¨¦condit¨¦ par age, qui influent sur lechangement social par trois m¨¦canismes importants, soit la r¨¦duction de lacroissance de la population, les modifications dans la structure par age, ainsique les changements ¨¤ la structure familiale. Il est question de certainesperspectives d¡¯avenir, particuli¨¨rement en ce qui a trait ¨¤ la viabilit¨¦ del¡¯immigration comme solution ¨¤ la stabilit¨¦ de la population, auvieillissement du monde industrialis¨¦, au soutien interg¨¦n¨¦rationnel, et ¨¤ lasolitude.
%K below-replacement fertility
%K population decline
%K loneliness
%K intergenerational support
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