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Population Health Measures as Indicators of Fertility Change
Metscher, Karen N. - 2008
This dissertation examines the relationships among measures of mortality, fertility,burden of disease, and socioeconomic factors. Regression modeling is used to determine(1) whether population mortality or child mortality better forecasts fertility levels; (2) if achild health model provides a...
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Understanding marriage : a Hong Kong case study
Young, Pin-ha - 1995
Pt. II Variations in Marriage p59 …4 Classification of Types of Marriage p61 …
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Family Formation and Equilibrium Influences
Beauchamp, Andrew W. - 2009
lead to family formation. The first chapter examines how state regulations directly aimed at abortion providers affect the … market for abortion in the United States. Estimates from a dynamic model of competition among abortion providers show that … promote entry and competition among abortion providers, and because abortions are found to be price sensitive, this would lead …
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Embryo Adoption: Implications of Personhood, Marriage, and Parenthood
McMillen, Brooke - 2008
of personhood. Embryo adoption raises several questions surrounding the institution of marriage. Due to its untraditional … method of procreation, embryo adoption calls into question the role of procreation within marriage. In Chapter Two, I explore … the nature of the marriage relationship by offering Lisa Cahill’s definition of marriage which involves both a spiritual …
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Unconventional Conceptions: Family Planning in Lesbian-Headed Families Created by Donor Insemination
Herrmann-Green, Lisa - 2006
This study aimed to systematically describe the decision-making phase of family formation in German lesbians planning to parent via donor insemination, to assess the issues pertinent to each mother role and those involved in donor type choice using a retrospective, structured questionnaire. Data...
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The effects of availability of reproductive health services on the contraceptive use and method choice in the city of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
Tshibangu, Delphin-Cyrille - 2009
ABSTRACTThis study is the first of a series of community-based surveys that the City of TshwaneMetropolitan Municipality (CTMM) has planned to conduct in the next 15 years to fulfill itsprovincial mandate (being the provider of primary health care services) in accordance with theGauteng District...
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Mother's income and child mortality in southern Nigeria
Sulaiman, Ismaila Lawal - 1987
Material resources affect the levels of mortality. In cross-sectional relationships income has been found to be positively associated with survival, both within and between countries. Preston (1975, 1976), in particular, using cross-national data for three separate decades of the 20th century,...
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The impact of a public-health intervention on sex differentials in childhood mortality in rural Punjab, India
Pebley, Anne R; Amin, Sajeda - 1991
This paper examines the effects of a public-health intervention program on sex differentials in health and mortality during childhood. Among the different health-service packages offered as part of the experimental design, those including nutritional services seem to have been more successful in...
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Three Essays on the Gender Differentials in Mortality and Undernutrition in Pakistan
Syed, Mohammad Asim - 2008
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Development and Gender Inequality ; Development and Gender Inequality
Lamanna, Francesca - 2013
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