Globalization processes has caused many social, economic and cultural changes in the nations around the world and despite of social-cultural differences of them, most of these changes are similar. The significant reduction of fertility rate in Iran is a sample. In the last two decades, Iran has faced a dramatic decrease in all fertility indexes and transformed from "natural fertility" to "intentional fertility". This sudden cut in fertility will cause a sudden generation of aged people in the future. UN has predicted that up 2015 fertility rate in Iran many be negative. All of these macro indexes are produced by micro behavior of couples who decide whether to bear a child or not. This study employs narrative methods to investigate how they give meaning to their actions in this field. This can help to understand how Iranian couples are influenced by global values and norms of family.

Keywords