La fécondité des Inuit du Nouveau-Québec depuis 1931 : passage d'une fécondité naturelle à une fécondité contrôlée

Choinière Robert and Robitaille Norbert. ? Birth Rates among the Inuit of New Quebec since 1931 : The Transition from Natural to Controlled Fertility A study of recent changes in birth rates among the Inuit population of New Quebec indicates a transition from natural to controlled fertility. This development corresponds to the second stage predicted by the theory of demographic transition, in which birth rates are reduced by various factors associated with the development process. Improvements in public health and socio-economic changes first resulted in sharply rising birth rate among the Inuit. A sharp drop in fertility followed : the sum of age-specific fertility rates fell from 8.1 children in 1961 to 4.3 in 1981. This is still a relatively high level, and it seems unlikely that the birth rates among the Inuit will be reduced to that in the general population of New Quebec (1.4 children in 1986) within the foreseeable future.