Pimentel, Denise Evelyn Mendonça2018-11-232018-11-232018-08-09PIMENTEL, Denise Evelyn Mendonça. Caracterização do comportamento reprodutivo na Região Nordeste em um contexto de baixa fecundidade. 2018. 113f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Demografia) - Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Terra, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2018.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/26167Recent literature has pointed out that low fertility in Brazil occurred through a combination of several reproductive regimes. In this regard, the observed heterogeneity in fertility regime (reduction of high fertility, absence of children and fertility around one and two children) has been explained by the social and economic differentials that exist among women. In this sense, the main objective of this study is to analyze the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of women in reproductive age in the Northeast of Brazil through the total number of children between 2000 and 2010. In addition, this study focuses on four groups of women: women without children; with one child; with two children and with three or more children. In order to achieve the proposed objectives, the data sources used were the Demographic Censuses of 2000 and 2010. The methodology consists in a descriptive statistical analysis, capable of relating the information of each variable in the study with the four groups of women, grouped by the number of children that they had until the date of each Census. The results show that, during the analyzed period, there was a significant reduction in the proportion of women with three or more children, followed by a growth in the participation of women without children, as well as with one and two children. This behavior was observed in all Federative Units of the Northeast, however, these changes occurred internally way in the differently. Moreover, there was a significant reduction in the participation of women with children at younger ages, with an increase in ages above 30 years old. However, the main change was the decrease in the participation of women with two children in the 20–34 age bracket, but with growth in the ones above 35 years old. The results suggest that the characteristics that differentiate the women in relation to the number of children are: household situation; total household income per capita; color / race, schooling and marital status. In this context, it is important to highlight the growth of heterogeneous family arrangements in the Northeast, with an increase in the participation of women living together (not formally married, but having a partner) without children. However, the increase in the level of education of female population during the analyzed period was the fact that had most impact in the differentials among women in regard to the total number of children. In brief, the results suggest that the decline in fertility in the Northeast between 2000 and 2010 was due to a combination of different reproductive regimes, due to the social and economic differences among women.Acesso AbertoBaixa fecundidadeDiferenças sociaisHeterogeneidadeComportamento reprodutivoNordestemasterThesisCNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::DEMOGRAFIA