| Summary: | This paper analyzes the family's economic organization and its relationship with fertility and the use of contraceptives in four social groups in rural Mexico. The data derives from the 1981 Rural Survey on Family Planning. The four groups are: agricultural producers and salaried workers, self-employed workers and non-agricultural salaried workers. In a second analysis of farm producers, these are categorized by the extent to which they employ technology. In the rural population group, the degree of economic participation of persons over 7 years of age is greater than 50%, with an even greater percentage in groups that work in domestic production units (non-salaried groups). However, these are not necessarily the groups exhibiting the highest fertility levels. The authors therefore conclude that the explanation for the different types of reproductive behavior is to be found in the particular relationship of each social group with the goods, labor and money markets.
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