This dissertation examines the relationships among measures of mortality, fertility,burden of disease, and … fertility levels; (2) if achild health model provides a stronger indicator of fertility than child mortality alone;and (3) what … indicatorsof fertility change and produce better results than population mortality or socioeconomicfactors alone. Use of health …

. According to the 2000 census, the total fertility rate (TFR) for China was 1.22—well below 2.1, the replacement level of …In order to maintain itself into the future, the People’s Republic of China undertook in the 1970s a legendary … stabilization and eventual decline of the population, via fertility at below-replacement levels for an extended period of time …

We describe the use of machine learning methods in the analysis of spatial soil fertility, soil physical …

the change in behavior of fertility rate at business cycle frequencies in the United States between the 1970s and 1990s … and shows how the cyclical and secular properties of fertility can be used to distinguish among several proposed theories … that account for the rise in labor force participation of married mothers. The model, in which households make fertility …

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 …