marriage behavior in determining fertility levels. Coale's parameters of the age pattern of first marriage ao, k and C are … first marriage, marital disruption and remarriage on fertility. Techniques for obtaining detailed information on the process … on fertility are discussed. …

censuses and demographic surveys particularly the World Fertility Survey to ascertain trends in fertility and mortality. The … that fertility has increased in some countries--Kenya and Cameroon; has remained almost stable in Benin, Ivory Coast and …

This study investigates regional marital fertility differentials in Egypt and their relationship to the level of … Blake, 1965) underlying these regional levels and patterns of marital fertility are determined and their relation to the … birth rate in Egypt, the long term fertility and mortality levels are discussed. The prospects of a fertility transition in …

The birth-interval approach to the study of fertility reflects two aspects of the process of reproduction: (1) the … quantum of fertility as indicated by the proportion of women who move to the next higher parity; and (2) the tempo of … fertility, as measured by the time it takes to make the transition for those women who continue reproduction. This paper focuses …

persistence of high fertility in sub-Saharan Africa. Although fertility behaviour depends on multiplicity of factors, childhood … mortality affect fertility are well understood, the empirical evidence has been inconsistent. Thus, the unsettled nature of the … link between childhood mortality and fertility was a major motivation for this study. Methodologically, the paper examines …

children of educated workers are more likely to become educated, this fertility differential increaases the proportion of … unskilled workers, reducing their wages, and thus their opportunity cost of having children, creating a vicious cycle. A model … fertility differential between the educated and uneducated is greater in less equal countries, consistent with the model …