unions. For the fertility of partnered women in the two groups it does not seem to matter much whether they are married. … of childbearing. The purpose of the present paper is to display selected features of fertility in consensual and marital … this end we use underlying fertility rates specified by union duration and utilize a metric based on an aggregation of such …

, intentions to have many (3 or more) children, and high personal fertility ideals among low-parity men and women. Gender equality …Stimulated by the recent debate on gender roles and men’s fertility behaviour (Puur et al. 2008; Westoff and Higgins … raise men’s expected fertility compared to men with intermediate gender attitudes and independently of family values. Among …

This study provides original estimates of adult mortality in Mlomp, a rural population of Senegal which has been … impact observed in other regions of Africa, and maternal mortality is relatively low for a rural area, unlike injuries which …

behavior, net of other characteristics. However, the factors that promote or impede correspondence between fertility intentions … and behavior are not well understood. This article uses longitudinal data from Mozambique, a country where fertility … between reported intentions to stop childbearing and fertility behavior over a three-year period. …

low parities. While high fertility appears to be unimportant, the analysis supports the notion that socioeconomic factors … underpin the problem of low birth weight in sub-Saharan Africa. …

. Gender is the key to understanding fertility decisions within all three levels. Migration from Africa to France is considered … evaluate the impact of migrating from specific types of countries on fertility post-migration: Senegal, Mali, Cameroon, and …This paper evaluates fertility and migration theory in order to further understand the impact of migration on fertility …

unemployment, are related to the fertility and family formation of women and men in contexts across Europe. It covers studies on …This special collection of Demographic Research is devoted to the issue of how economic and employment uncertainties … relate to fertility and family dynamics in Europe. The collection is based on contributions to a workshop held in Berlin in …