The fertility practices of immigrants are a particularly interesting field of study for demographers, providing an … insight into the fertility behaviour of individuals when both the society and the individual undergo a period of rapid change …. This paper describes and compares the fertility behaviour of two large groups of immigrants, from the former Soviet Union …

Fertility decline, driven by the one-child policy, and son preference have contributed to an alarming difference in the …

means of birth control (abstinence, contraception, abortion) in two populations in Burkina Faso (one rural and one urban … applying N. Elias’ theory of the civilization process, we seek to explain why abortion is less tolerated, while more widely …

There is wide variation of family planning services use among ethnic groups in Nepal. Despite three decades of …

rests on how welfare state alignment affects fertility rationales in the context of either promising or bleak occupational …

During recent decades fertility in Sweden has evolved in tandem with the business cycle. Supported by social policies …