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European Population Conference 2014
The report of European Population Conference 2014 by Dr. Abolghasem pourreza
Application Code :
306-0214-0067
 
Created Date : Sunday, May 11, 2014 06:39:31Update Date : Wednesday, September 17, 2014 11:47:33IP Address : 192.168.89.80
Submit Date : Wednesday, September 17, 2014 11:47:44Email : porrezaa@sina.tums.ac.ir
Personal Information
Name : abolghasem
Surname : pourreza
School/Research center : School of Public Health
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Possition : Professor
Tel : +98-21-42933073
E-mail : porrezaa@sina.tums.ac.ir
Information of Congress
Title of the Congress : Europian Population Conferece 2014
Title of your Abstract : Annalysis of Economic Determinants of Fertility in Iran: A Molty Level aproch
country : Hungary
From : Wednesday, June 25, 2014
To : Friday, June 28, 2019
Abstract(Please copy/paste the abstract send to the congress) : Analysis of economic determinants of fertility in Iran: a multilevel approach
Maryam Moeeni, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Abolghasem Pourreza, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Fatemeh Torabi, University of Tehran
According to Population Reference Bureau (2011), during the last three decades, total fertility rate in Iran has fallen considerably from 6.5 for each woman in 1983 to 1.89 in 2010 which is below the replacement fertility rate. This study analyzes the extent to which economic determinants at micro and macro levels are associated with fertility of Iranian households. The household data from the 2010 Household Expenditure and Income Survey is linked with provincial data from the 2010 Iran Multiple-Indicator Demographic and Health survey, the National Census of Population and Housing conducted in 1986, 1996, 2006 and 2011, and the Iran statistical year books from 1985 to 2010. The data has a two-level hierarchical structure in which 13952 households with married couples nested within thirty provinces. A random intercept multilevel Poisson regression function is specified based on a collective model of intra-household bargaining power in which spouses’ bargaining power is measured through extra-household gender gap indices. At the first level, probability of having more children drops significantly as either real per capita educational expenditure or real total expenditure rises supporting the Becker’s theory of “quality and quantity of children”. The preferences of Iranian parents have shifted toward fewer but more qualified children. Besides, ceteris paribus, both low and high income households have higher probability of having a larger number of children compared to middle income households. At the second level, living in provinces with either higher value added of manufacturing industries or lower house rent is associated to higher probability of having more children. Higher levels of gender gap indices, resulting in woman’s limited power over household decision making, positively affect probability of having more children. The results indicate that economic determinants at micro and macro levels together with distribution of bargaining power between spouses influence fertility behavior in Iran. 
Keywords of your Abstract : Fertility, Iran, Bargaining Power, Economic determinants
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The Congress Reporting Form
How many volunteers were present at the Congress? : 350
Delegates from which countries presented in the congress? : USA-Germany-Iran-Lithuania-Italy
Were the delegates of any other organizations present in the congress? : No
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What were the responses to your talking points? Were specific questions or concerns raised? : my presentation delivered in the main hall, simar 1 room, of the conference at the corvinos university, and I was the second person to deliver my speech in the most imortant space of the conference
If you met staff members, please list their full names & positions. : no
Please inform us if there are any follow up actions we need to talk with the members of the congress : if you are interested to talk with the members, please insist on planning population studies with regards to power structure in different levels of community and developing specific programms on the effect and influence of cultural beliefs and settings on fertility. moreover the role of family and its structure should be emphszed in fertility behavior and reproductive healthm particularly in Islamic countries since fertility and child delivery is exterimely based on religiousely approved families and child delivey out of wedlock is prohibitted.
Your experiences about the travel processes(Providing ticket, accommodation,...) : travellers should be very careful of robbery, we were robbed on the street by 3 fake policeman.
Please give a briefing of your own observations and outcomes of the congress: : actually a conference is a public space for minds interactions and ideas delivery. very interesting and somehow neglected areas of study in populatio health relevant to different aspects of socio economic and cultural life are demenostrated and unveilrd in conference which is informative and can help improvent in public health studies. the conference was very well managed in terms of time management, ceremonies, discussions, and time controlling of the speakers. the group of managers who were resposible to the conference, was ver sensitive to the cost of the conferece. they had arranged the conferece in a way that cost of the conference be a ver low.