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 …

stabilization and eventual decline of the population, via fertility at below-replacement levels for an extended period of time …. According to the 2000 census, the total fertility rate (TFR) for China was 1.22—well below 2.1, the replacement level of … fertility. However, the country’s TFR fluctuated spatially with rates of .86, 1.08, and 1.43, for cities, towns, and rural …

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 …

primary, secondary and tertiary education programs for the children, the transfer expenditure would decrease and the tax bases …