. Our results indicate that the contraceptive ban led to a significant increase in family size. They also provide evidence …

marriage and motherhood. -- abortion ; contraception ; fertility ; marriage …

periods are generally declining, putting upward pressure on the fertility rate. Contraceptive use is increasing, particularly …The rate of fertility decline has been slow in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Using the Demographic and Health Surveys for … 21 SSA countries between 1990 and 2014, we examine the within-country fertility patterns by wealth, applying the …

fertility effects of peo- ple getting the virus may be minor, the impact of delayed marriages due to the first preventive … lockdown, such as that imposed in Pakistan from March 14 to May 8 2020, and the closure of marriage halls that lasted till … Pakistan where birth rates remain high, marriage is nearly universal, and almost all child- bearing takes place within marriage …