background: the fertility experience in iran suggests that the family planning programs had an effective role in the fertility reduction. this study aimed to specify patterns of marriage in iran and especially in a northern city of iran and to investigate the association between patterns of marriage and contraceptive use before first pregnancy and current contraceptive use. methods: in this cro...

Findings from previous studies linking the HIV/AIDS epidemic and fertility of populations have remained inconclusive. In sub-Saharan Africa, demographic patterns point to the epidemic resulting in fertility reduction. However, evidence from the 2003 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) has revealed interesting patterns, with regions most adversely affected with HIV/AIDS showing the cleare...

People’s childbearing intentions change over their lives. These changes are sometimes conceptualised as a response to constraints such as the biological clock or lack of a partner. However, we find that they are influenced by a much wider range of factors: social norms; adaptation to the wishes of a partner; re-partnering; and learning about the costs and benefits of parenthood. In a departure ...

This study presents the rst econometric application of the Poisson varying coe cient PVC model This count data model is applied to investigate immigrant fertility adjustment after migration Data on completed fertility are taken from the wave of the German Socioeconomic Panel GSOEP We nd evidence in favor of the assimilation model according to which immigrant fertility converges to native levels...

This study presents the rst econometric application of the Poisson varying coeecient (PVC) model. This count data model is applied to investigate immigrant fertility adjustment after migration. Data on completed fertility are taken from the 1996 wave of the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP). We nd evidence in favor of the assimilation model according to which immigrant fertility converges to n...

This paper attempts to disentangle the direct effects of experience from those of culture in determining fertility. We use the GSS to examine the fertility of women born in the US but from different ethnic backgrounds. We take lagged values of the total fertility rate in the woman’s country of ancestry as the cultural proxy and use the woman’s number of siblings to capture her direct family exp...

Since the beginning of the 1990s, Lithuania has been undergoing significant transformations in family life and has experienced a precipitous decline in fertility. The determinants of the changes are diverse in character and are associated with socioeconomic transformations, economic difficulties faced by the post-Soviet society, inadequate social and family policies and changing value orientati...

This open access book discusses the fertility transitions in developing world since 1950s by showing determinants, consequences and policy issues.