In this paper the trend in child-spacing in Korea from the 1950s to the 1970s is examined by using a life-table approach and statistics from three separate surveys. Marked increases occurred in the pace of fertility at the lower parities, at the same time there were rapid declines in the pace of fertility at higher parities. A variety of factors brought about this mixture of trends. For example, the shortening of the first birth interval is partly the result of increases in the number of pre-marital pregnancies; whereas, the use of contraception lengthened intervals between births of fourth and higher orders. These trends are examined for a variety of sub-groups within Korea, and additional explanations for the changes documented are explored.
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Rindfuss et al. (1982) studied this question.