children. This paper examines one aspect of fertility, namely the second birth interval in Indonesia over the period 1970 to …It is generally thought that both the demand for children and the cost of fertility control are major forces in … fertility decline. Most researchers find that family planning programs in developing countries, which lower the cost of …

Induced abortion is widely practised in Indonesia by both married and unmarried women. This paper draws on ethnographic … island of Lombok in Eastern Indonesia. While abortion for married women is tacitly accepted, especially for women with two or …