¿La felicidad influye en la fecundidad? Evidencia de once países

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https://doi.org/10.15517/ekqat846

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Felicidad, fecundidad deseada, América Latina

Resumen

Estudiamos el efecto de la felicidad sobre la fecundidad deseada utilizando datos de once países. Las personas más felices tendían a desear una mayor fecundidad, y el género, la edad y la situación laboral explicaban las diferencias observadas. Metodología: Se empleó un enfoque cuantitativo exploratorio utilizando datos de 16.474 participantes de la Encuesta Global sobre Familia y Fe de 2018 en 11 países. La relación entre la felicidad y la fecundidad deseada fue examinada mediante estadísticas descriptivas e histogramas de frecuencia para evaluar la distribución de las variables e identificar sobredispersión en los datos de conteo. Posteriormente, se estimó un modelo de regresión binomial negativa —un modelo de Poisson generalizado que incorpora efectos aleatorios con distribución Gamma— para evaluar el efecto de la felicidad y las variables sociodemográficas sobre el número deseado de hijos adicionales. Resultados: Las diferentes paridades iniciales permitieron observar las diferencias en la distribución y los determinantes del número de hijos que los encuestados deseaban tener, condicionados a la felicidad. En la paridad cero, tener una pareja estable y pertenecer a la región latinoamericana se volvieron factores significativos. Conclusiones: Tener una pareja estable ejerció una influencia positiva, mientras que los encuestados en América Latina están dispuestos a tener menos hijos que aquellos de otras regiones del mundo. La situación laboral es irrelevante para los encuestados con paridad uno. Para la paridad dos, solo la edad y el género resultaron importantes, no la felicidad. La felicidad, el género, la edad y tener una pareja estable vuelven a ser variables relevantes en la paridad tres. Implicaciones: Estos hallazgos aportan evidencia al debate sobre los determinantes actuales de la fecundidad deseada en escenarios de baja y muy baja fecundidad alrededor del mundo.

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Biografía del autor/a

  • Andrés Salazar-Arango, Universidad de La Sabana, COLOMBIA

    Andrés Salazar-Arango cursó estudios de Maestría en Geografía de la Universidad de Navarra (España, 1986) y Maestría en Planificación y Administración del Desarrollo Regional de la Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia, 2003). Es Profesor Asistente e Investigador en el Instituto de La Familia en la Universidad de La Sabana (Colombia). Miembro de la International Union For The Scientific Study of Population, e investigador del World Family Map Project. Su investigación se centra en demografía de la familia, estilos de vida de los jóvenes, sostenibilidad de la familia y fecundidad adolescente. Experto Internacional Universitario en Resiliencia y Coaching Profesional (2017)

  • José Gómez-González, Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, NY, UNITED STATES

    Jose E. Gomez-Gonzalez is an Associate Professor of Finance and Economics for Lehman College of The City University of New York. He did his undergraduate studies in Bogotá, Colombia. After obtaining a B.A. degree in economics from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, he pursued graduate studies at Cornell University, receiving an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Economics. His fields of interest are financial economics, macroeconomics, and real estate finance. He is passionate for teaching. He worked for the Central Bank of Colombia, holding several senior-level positions like director of the Department of Market Operations and Development. Jose also worked for several Colombian universities. He has published widely in leading economics, finance, and real estate journals

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2026-07-14

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