Family life and developmental idealism in Yazd, Iran

This paper is motivated by the theory that developmental idealism has been disseminated globally and has become an international force for family and demographic change. Developmental idealism is a set of cultural beliefs and values about development and how development relates to family and demogra...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Demographic research 2012-01, Vol.26, p.I-I
Main Authors: Abbasi-Shavazi, Mohammad Jalal, Askari-Nodoushan, Abbas, Thornton, Arland
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Culture
Demography
Divorce
Education
Equal rights
Equality
Families & family life
Human rights
International relations
Morality
Public policy
Society
Urban areas
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This paper is motivated by the theory that developmental idealism has been disseminated globally and has become an international force for family and demographic change. Developmental idealism is a set of cultural beliefs and values about development and how development relates to family and demographic behavior. It holds that modern societies are causal forces producing modern families, that modern families help to produce modern societies, and that change is to be expected in the direction of the modern family. The authors examine the extent to which developmental idealism has been disseminated in Iran. They also investigate predictors of the dissemination of developmental idealism. The authors use survey data collected in 2007 from a sample of women in Yazd, a city in Iran. They examine the distribution of developmental idealism in the sample and the multivariate predictors of developmental idealism. Although their data come from only one city, they expect that developmental idealism has been widely distributed in Iran, with important implications for family and demographic behavior.
ISSN:1435-9871
2363-7064