Reproductive Change in Developing Countries
Insights from the World Fertility Survey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4122391 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Norman B Ryder, John Cleland |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 341 |
| Publication date | 1986-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | Reproductive change in developing countries: Insights from the World Fertility Survey, J G Cleland, 1985 |
| Venue | Population and Development Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0098-7921 • E-ISSN: 1728-4457 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1973116 |
| OpenAlex | W2049284008 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This book assesses the role which the Survey has played in documenting and understanding the emergence of new trends in fertility behaviour which are of the utmost important to the future of mankind. It is the first time that these results have been placed in a broad perspective of scientific knowledge and political relevance. Demographers; social researchers; family planning administrators; students of these and development studies
Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Fertility · Geography · Political science · Population · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health
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Distinguishing the Impact of Postponement, Spacing and Stopping on Birth Intervals
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Ethnic differentials in early childhood mortality in Nepal
Prolonged Birth Intervals in Hamedan, Iran
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The Consequences of Unintended Pregnancy for Maternal and Child Health in Rural India
International Research on Sexual Behaviour and Reproductive Health
Reproductive Responses to Economic Uncertainty
The impact of women's social position on fertility in developing countries
Social change and the family
Proximate determinants of fertility and mortality
The fertility transition
Child Survival and Fertility in Kenya
Women's Status and Health of Two Ethnic Groups Inhabiting a Periurban Habitat of Kolkata City, India
Enforcing government policies
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International Migration and Human Development in Destination Countries
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Family organization and the wage labor transition in a Tamang community of Nepal
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Sex differences in infant and child mortality in three provinces in China
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Social networks, ideation, and contraceptive behavior in Bangladesh
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Birth spacing dynamics in China
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Differences between Women's and Men's Reproductive Goals in Developing Countries
The Measurement of Wanted Fertility
The Implementation of Preferences for Male Offspring
Women's Schooling and Child Care in the Demographic Transition
Unmet Need for Family Planning in Developing Countries and Implications for Population Policy
Demographic Dimensions in Forecasting
From Fertility Preferences to Reproductive Outcomes in the Developing World
On Postponement and Birth Intervals
Cohabitation in China
Conflicting Preferences
Theories of Fertility Decline and the Evidence from Development Indicators
The Neighborhood History Calendar
The Contours of Demography
International Fertility Change
The recent rise in malay fertility
Integrating Theory and Research on the Institutional Determinants of Fertility
Explaining fertility transitions
A Micro-Level Event-Centered Approach to Investigating Armed Conflict and Population Responses
Multilevel Models of Fertility Determination in Four Southeast Asian Countries
The Differential Mortality of Undesired Infants in Sub-Saharan Africa
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A Theory of the Value of Children
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Multiple Perspectives on Recent Trends in Unwanted Fertility in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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The influence of interviewer sex on responses to sensitive questions in Nepal
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Refining the Criteria for Stalled Fertility Declines
Understanding Unmet Need
Fertility Levels, Trends, and Differentials in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 1980s and 1990s
Global Contraceptive Failure Rates
The Relationship between Partners' Family‐Size Preferences in Southern Malawi
The Contribution of the World Fertility Surveys to an Understanding of The Relationship Between Women's Work and Fertility
Women's Education and Fertility
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |