RISE IN THE FERTILITY RATE AND ECONOMIC MODERNIZATION AND SOCIAL POLICIES IN CHILE, 1930- 1973

Abstract

This paper analyzes the implications of the process of modernization and application of social policies for the fertility rates observed in Chile between 1930 and 1973. Specifically, the objective is to understand the relation of the contextual factors - that is, social policies - and demographic determinants to the rise in the fertility rate which, contrary to all forecasts, occurred in the mid-twentieth century (1940-1962). For this purpose, demographic indicators are calculated using data from the Population Censuses carried out between 1907 and 2002 and the census microdata available in IPUMS-I.