From Death to Birth : Mortality Decline and Reproductive Change EPUB
by National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population
Edited by Barney Cohen, Mark R. Montgomery
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The last 35 years or so have witnessed a dramatic shift in the demography of many developing countries. Before 1960, there were substantial improvements in life expectancy, but fertility declines were very rare. Few people used modern contraceptives, and couples had large families. Since 1960, however, fertility rates have fallen in virtually every major geographic region of the world, for almost all political, social, and economic groups. What factors are responsible for the sharp decline in fertility? What role do child survival programs or family programs play in fertility declines? Casual observation suggests that a decline in infant and child mortality is the most important cause, but there is surprisingly little hard evidence for this conclusion. The papers in this volume explore the theoretical, methodological, and empirical dimensions of the fertility-mortality relationship. It includes several detailed case studies based on contemporary data from developing countries and on historical data from Europe and the United States.
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- Pages:440 pages
- Publisher:National Academies Press
- Publication Date:12/12/1997
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:440 pages
- Publisher:National Academies Press
- Publication Date:12/12/1997
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- ISBN:9780309184915
