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Demography (1992) 29 (4): 503–521.
Published: 01 November 1992
...William G. Axinn Abstract This paper uses the family mode of organization framework to link together hypotheses relating social change to fertility limitation. Experiences in nonfamily activities are predicted to affect fertility behavior, with the outcome depending on the social, economic...
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Demography (1985) 22 (2): 169–183.
Published: 01 May 1985
.... , Eisenbach Z. , & Goldschieder C. ( 1980 ). Family-size limitation and birth spacing. The fertility transition of African and Asian immigrants to Israel . Population and Development Review , 6 , 581 – 593 . 10.2307/1972927 Henry L. ( 1961 ). Some data on natural fertility...
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Demography (1976) 13 (4): 495–505.
Published: 01 November 1976
... . 10.2307/3348609 Tietze , C. , & Bongaarts , J. ( 1975 ). Fertility Rates and Abortion Rates: Simulations of Family Limitation . Studies in Family Planning , 6 , 114 – 120 . 10.2307/1964745 United Nations. Various dates. Demographic Yearbook. New York: United Nations...
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Demography (1979) 16 (4): 493–521.
Published: 01 November 1979
... to be characterized predominantly by natural fertility, the emergence of family limitation began as early as the turn of the nineteenth century in some places and as late as the end of the nineteenth century in others. Occupational differentials with respect to family limitation were also examined. There is little...
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Demography (1979) 16 (3): 339–358.
Published: 01 August 1979
... to decreases in marital fertility rates. The second concerns the fraction of couples in the nineteenth century who acted effectively to reduce their fertility and the third deals with the importance of abortion as a family-limiting practice among white couples in the nineteenth century. 30 12 2010...
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Demography (2020) 57 (1): 267–296.
Published: 22 January 2020
... and total fertility that have been standardized fully for age, parity, and interval duration. It also examines parity-specific trends in the proportion of women who want no more children. Outside sub-Saharan Africa, fertility transition was dominated by parity-specific family size limitation...
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Demography (2013) 50 (5): 1663–1686.
Published: 25 May 2013
... arranged marriage on contraception to limit fertility. A key obstacle to investigating the independent influences of marital arrangement on fertility limitation is the empirical evidence this investigation demands. First, many of the same social and economic changes that stimulate widespread...
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Demography (2007) 44 (4): 747–770.
Published: 01 November 2007
...Sarah R. Brauner-Otto; William G. Axinn; Dirgha J. Ghimire Abstract We use detailed measures of social change over time, increased availability of various health services, and couples’ fertility behaviors to document the independent effects of health services on fertility limitation. Our...
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Demography (1982) 19 (2): 161–176.
Published: 01 May 1982
... fertility pattern which characterized the mid-nineteenth century Mormon population. Application of this model permits estimates to be made of the historical timing and age-incidence of fertility limitation. A sensitivity analysis of the model’s parameters demonstrates that simple changes in the model’s...
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Demography (2011) 48 (2): 783–811.
Published: 19 May 2011
... to a sex-selection technology and face a mandated fertility limit. By exploiting variation in fines levied in China for unsanctioned births, I estimate the relative price of a son and daughter for mothers observed in China’s census data (1982–2000). I find that a couple’s first son is worth 1.42 years...
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Demography (2017) 54 (2): 437–458.
Published: 08 February 2017
... measures of the husband-wife emotional bond appropriate for large-scale population research matched with data from a long-term panel study, we have the empirical tools to provide a test of the influence of emotional factors on contraceptive use to limit fertility. This article presents those tests. We use...
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Demography (1989) 26 (3): 473–483.
Published: 01 August 1989
...-parity births that can be used to address the issue of fertility control early in marriage. In this way the model addresses several of the most serious limitations of Coale and Trussell’s approach. The usefulness of the proposed indices is demonstrated by applications to historical data from the United...
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Demography (2017) 54 (5): 1949–1972.
Published: 01 September 2017
...Andrew S. London; Cheryl Elman Abstract The dominant approach to studying historical race-related fertility differences has been to limit samples to first-married and younger women. We argue that studying historical race-related fertility differences in the context of remarriage is also important...
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Demography (1981) 18 (4): 597–614.
Published: 01 November 1981
... Planning Program’s Impact on Fertility Rates: A Comparison of Computer Models . Studies in Family Planning , 10 , 137 – 45 . 10.2307/1965692 Knodel J. ( 1977 ). Family Limitation and the Fertility Transition: Evidence from the Age Patterns 614 of Fertility in Europe and Asia . Population...
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Demography (1992) 29 (4): 487–502.
Published: 01 November 1992
...Etienne van de Walle Abstract One of the preconditions of the fertility transition, as stated by A.J. Coale, is that reproductive decisions must be within the calculus of conscious choice. It is suggested that the change in mentality which leads to family limitation includes “numeracy about...
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Demography (2021) 58 (3): 901–925.
Published: 01 June 2021
...Jeanne Cilliers; Martine Mariotti Abstract We revisit the discussion on family limitation through stopping and spacing behavior before and during the fertility transition with a sample of 12,800 settler women's birth histories in nineteenth- and twentieth-century South Africa. Using cure models...
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Demography (2015) 52 (3): 787–809.
Published: 08 May 2015
...Julia Andrea Behrman Abstract Demographic scholarship suggests that schooling plays an important role in transforming fertility preferences in the early stages of fertility decline. However, there is limited evidence on the relationship between schooling and fertility preferences that addresses...
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Demography (1989) 26 (3): 467–470.
Published: 01 August 1989
...Douglas L. Anderton 12 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1989 1989 Birth Interval Fertility Decline Fertility Transition Marital Fertility Birth Spacing References Anderton , D. , & Bean , L. ( 1985 ). Birth spacing and fertility limitation...
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Demography (1981) 18 (4): 443–463.
Published: 01 November 1981
... residents apparently had a history of family limitation. These findings support the inference that at least some segments of the black population were practicing birth control before the turn of the twentieth century. 7 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1981 1981 Total Fertility...
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Demography (2024) 61 (4): 1241–1265.
Published: 01 August 2024
... approach to negotiating work–family spheres, are related to fertility among dual-earner heterosexual couples is limited. Drawing on the linked-lives perspective, we theorize the relationship between FWAs and fertility among couples and potential variation depending on the interplay of both spouses’ work...
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