in the last few decades, iran has experienced sharp fertility decline. studies indicate that women have a major role in childbearing; therefore, their empowerment and autonomy will lead to changes in their fertility behavior. this paper examines the relationship between family power structure and fertility behavior in the tehran city. the data is collected from around 400 women in tehran who ar...

This study aims to examine how each cohort’s family formation is affected by labor market conditions experienced in youth in Japan. Although the deterioration in youth employment opportunities has often been blamed for Japan’s declining fertility rates, the effect of slack labor market conditions on fertility is theoretically unclear. We estimate the effects of regional labor market conditions ...

OBJECTIVE Preterm labor is one of the common causes of prenatal morbidity and mortality. With considering the importance of preterm labor and lack of sufficient studies about the relationship between preterm labor and some factors such as cigarette smoking and opiate-using, the present study was designed. METHODS We performed this descriptive-analytic study on 988 pregnant women referring to ...

The maternity ward of the University Hospital in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, attempts to follow World Health Organization guidelines for humanized childbirth care, including the encouragement of non-surgical delivery, breastfeeding, rooming-in, extended family visitation, and reduction of excessive technological intervention in the delivery process. The study focuses specifically on ...

The work and retirement decisions of husbands and wives are likely to be made jointly as they allocate their available resources. This article models the allocation of family wealth and family members' time over the lifetime of the unit. The first section reports simulation results that illustrate the relationship between the value of members' time in both market work and the production of home...