Status Enhancement And Fertility

Author : John D. Kasarda,John O. G. Billy,Kirsten West
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483274034

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Status Enhancement and Fertility by John D. Kasarda,John O. G. Billy,Kirsten West Pdf

Status Enhancement and Fertility: Reproductive Responses to Social Mobility and Educational Opportunity provides a theoretical framework in which research findings on the socioeconomic determinants of fertility may be integrated. Starting with an introductory chapter on the substantive scope of the book, separate chapters provide a detailed review, appraisal, and synthesis of the complex research literature on social mobility and fertility; examine various statistical methodologies and suggest some fruitful avenues future research might pursue; and discuss the role of education in enhancing the status of women and the main intervening variables that link education to reproductive behavior. Subsequent chapters examines female labor force participation, the value of children, infant and child mortality, age at marriage and first birth, and family planning knowledge and practice. The final chapter discusses policy issues derived from models and assessments presented in the preceding chapters. This book may be used as an upper division or graduate level text in population courses.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1999-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309061919

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Critical Perspectives on Schooling and Fertility in the Developing World by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population Pdf

This volume assesses the evidence, and possible mechanisms, for the associations between women's education, fertility preferences, and fertility in developing countries, and how these associations vary across regions. It discusses the implications of these associations for policies in the population, health, and education sectors, including implications for research.

Author : Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi,Peter McDonald,Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789048131983

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The Fertility Transition in Iran by Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi,Peter McDonald,Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi Pdf

Confounding all conventional wisdom, the fertility rate in the Islamic Republic of Iran fell from around 7.0 births per woman in the early 1980s to 1.9 births per woman in 2006. That this, the largest and fastest fall in fertility ever recorded, should have occurred in one of the world’s few Islamic Republics demands explanation. This book, based upon a decade of research is the first to attempt such an explanation. The book documents the progress of the fertility decline and displays its association with social and economic characteristics. It addresses an explanation of the phenomenal fall of fertility in this Islamic context by considering the relevance of standard theories of fertility transition. The book is rich in data as well as the application of different demographic methods to interpret the data. All the available national demographic data are used in addition to two major surveys conducted by the authors. Demographic description is preceded by a socio-political history of Iran in recent decades, providing a context for the demographic changes. The authors conclude with their views on the importance of specific socio-economic and political changes to the demographic transition. Their concluding arguments suggest continued low fertility in Iran. The book is recommended to not only demographers, social scientists, and gender specialists, but also to policy makers and those who are interested in social and demographic changes in Iran and other Islamic countries in the Middle East. It is also a useful reference for demography students and researchers who are interested in applying fertility theories in designing surveys and analysing data.

Author : Rd Lauren Manaker MS
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-13
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1792923252

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Fueling Male Fertility by Rd Lauren Manaker MS Pdf

An increasing collection of research confirms that men's fertility health is just as important as the women's when couples are trying to conceive. Yet, there are only a small handful of resources supporting men trying to expand their family. Written by award-winning registered dietitian and nutrition expert Lauren Manaker, this guide you will find specific nutrition and lifestyle interventions that have been shown to improve male fertility parameters in scientific peer-reviewed papers. You will also find the author's personal recommendations for how to implement certain measures. Lastly, you will find a brief outline highlighting certain things you can do to modify your diet and lifestyle according to specific fertility challenges.

Author : Alan Booth,Ann C. Crouter
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2005-05-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135612160

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The New Population Problem by Alan Booth,Ann C. Crouter Pdf

This book is based on the presentations and discussions from a national symposium on "Creating the Next Generation: Social, Economic, and Psychological Processes Underlying Fertility in Developed Countries," held at the Pennsylvania State University in 2003. The papers address some of the antecedents and consequences of the recent steep declines in fertility in developed countries from different theoretical and disciplinary angles. While fertility rates are still high in some less-developed parts of the world, the new population problem with many countries in Europe, Asia, and North America is declining fertility. With fertility decline comes a reshaping of the population pyramid. The topic of fertility decline is interesting not only at the level of the individuals and couples, but also at the level of the societies that must come to grips with their long-term implications. Divided into four Parts, the text: *looks at contemporary trends in U.S. fertility, thus setting the stage for the entire volume; *discusses social and cultural values and attitudes; *analyzes fertility decisions in different countries; and *focuses on the possible long-term consequences of current fertility trends for individuals, families, and societies.

Author : Dudley L. Poston Jr.,David Yaukey
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 750 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781489912312

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The Population of Modern China by Dudley L. Poston Jr.,David Yaukey Pdf

Student~ interested in world populations and demography inevitably need to know China. As the most populous country of the world, China occupies a unique position in the world population system. How its population is shaped by the intricate interplays among factors such as its political ideology and institutions, economic reality, government policies, sociocultural traditions, and ethnic divergence represents at once a fascinating and challenging arena for investigatIon and analysis. Yet, for much of the 20th century, while population studies have developed into a mature science, precise information and sophisticated analysis about the Chinese population had largely remained either lacking or inaccessible, first because of the absence of systematic databases due to almost uninterrupted strife and wars, and later because the society was closed to the outside observers for about three decades since 1949. Since the end of the Cultural Revolution, things have dramatically changed. China has embarked on an ambitious reform program where modernization became the utmost goal of societal mobilization. China could no longer afford to rely on imprecise census or survey information for population-related studies and policy planning, nor to remaining closed to the outside world. Both the gathering of more precise information and access to such information have dramatically increased in the 1980s. Systematic observations, analyses and reporting about the Chinese population have surfaced in the population literature around the globe.

Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1712 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Medicine
ISBN : UOM:39015074107569

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Current Catalog by National Library of Medicine (U.S.) Pdf

First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

Author : Bobbi S. Low
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691163888

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Why Sex Matters by Bobbi S. Low Pdf

Why are men, like other primate males, usually the aggressors and risk takers? Why do women typically have fewer sexual partners? In Why Sex Matters, Bobbi Low ranges from ancient Rome to modern America, from the Amazon to the Arctic, and from single-celled organisms to international politics, to show that these and many other questions about human behavior largely come down to evolution and sex. More precisely, as she shows in this uniquely comprehensive and accessible survey of behavioral and evolutionary ecology, they come down to the basic principle that all organisms evolved to maximize their reproductive success and seek resources to do so, but that sometimes cooperation and collaboration are the most effective ways to succeed. This newly revised edition has been thoroughly updated to include the latest research and reflect exciting changes in the field, including how our evolutionary past continues to affect our ecological present.

Author : Simon Szreter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002-07-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0521528682

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Fertility, Class and Gender in Britain, 1860-1940 by Simon Szreter Pdf

This book offers an original interpretation of the history of falling fertilities in Britain between 1860 and 1940. It integrates the approaches of the social sciences and of demographic, feminist, and labour history with intellectual, social, and political history. It exposes the conceptual and statistical inadequacies of the orthodox picture of a national, unitary class-differential fertility decline, and presents an entirely new analysis of the famous 1911 fertility census of England and Wales. Surprising and important findings emerge concerning the principal methods of birth control: births were spaced from early on in marriage; and sexual abstinence by married couples was a far more significant practice than previously imagined. The author presents a new general approach to the study of fertility change, raising central issues concerning the relationship between history and social science.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 868 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Public health
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110726184

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Public Health Reports by Anonim Pdf

Author : A. Abdi,A. Cleghorn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2005-11-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781403977199

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Issues in African Education by A. Abdi,A. Cleghorn Pdf

This book addresses major sociological issues in sub-Saharan African education today. Its fourteen contributors present a thoroughly African world-view within a sociology of education theoretical framework, allowing the reader to see where that theory is relevant to the African context and where it is not. Several of the chapters bring a much-needed cultural nuance and critical theoretical perspective to the issues at hand. The sixteen chapters thus aim to be of interest internationally, to those who work in such fields as social and political foundations of comparative and international education, and development studies, including university professors, teacher educators, researchers, school teachers, tertiary education students, consultants and policy makers.

Author : Cheris Kramarae,Dale Spender
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Feminism
ISBN : 9780415920889

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Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women by Cheris Kramarae,Dale Spender Pdf

For a full list of entries and contributors, sample entries, and more, visit the Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women website. Featuring comprehensive global coverage of women's issues and concerns, from violence and sexuality to feminist theory, the Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women brings the field into the new millennium. In over 900 signed A-Z entries from US and Europe, Asia, the Americas, Oceania, and the Middle East, the women who pioneered the field from its inception collaborate with the new scholars who are shaping the future of women's studies to create the new standard work for anyone who needs information on women-related subjects.

Author : Peter T. Ellison
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351493505

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Reproductive Ecology and Human Evolution by Peter T. Ellison Pdf

The study of human reproductive ecology represents an important new development in human evolutionary biology. Its focus is on the physiology of human reproduction and evidence of adaptation, and hence the action of natural selection, in that domain. But at the same time the study of human reproductive ecology provides an important perspective on the historical process of human evolution, a lens through which we may view the forces that have shaped us as a species. In the end, all actions of natural selection can be reduced to variation in the reproductive success of individuals.Peter Ellison is one of the pioneers in the fast growing area of reproductive ecology. He has collected for this volume the research of thirty-one of the most active and influential scientists in the field. Thanks to recent noninvasive techniques, these contributors can present direct empirical data on the effect of a broad array of ecological, behavioral, and constitutional variables on the reproductive processes of humans as well as wild primates. Because biological evolution is cumulative, however, organisms in the present must be viewed as products of the selective forces of past environments. The study of adaptation thus often involves inferences about formative ecological relationships that may no longer exist, or not in the same form. Making such inferences depends on carefully weighing a broad range of evidence drawn from studies of contemporary ecological variation, comparative studies of related taxonomies, and paleontological and genetic evidence of evolutionary history. The result of this inquiry sheds light not only on the functional aspects of an organism's contemporary biology but also on its evolutionary history and the selective forces that have shaped it through time.Encompassing a range of viewpoints--controversy along with consensus--this far-ranging collection offers an indispensable guide for courses in biological anthropology, human biology, and primatology, along with

Author : Jill Mahrlig Petigara,Lynn Jensen
Publisher : Demos Medical Publishing
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-12
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781936303328

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Yoga and Fertility by Jill Mahrlig Petigara,Lynn Jensen Pdf

Women battling infertility is a familiar though still harrowing story these days. Women using yoga to reduce stress and become more aware of its body and its rhythms is another. So it comes as no surprise that yoga is helping women to cope with the physical and emotional stress of infertility and its treatments.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Committee to Review the Bureau of Land Management Wild Horse and Burro Management Program
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309264945

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Using Science to Improve the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Committee to Review the Bureau of Land Management Wild Horse and Burro Management Program Pdf

Using Science to Improve the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program: A Way Forward reviews the science that underpins the Bureau of Land Management's oversight of free-ranging horses and burros on federal public lands in the western United States, concluding that constructive changes could be implemented. The Wild Horse and Burro Program has not used scientifically rigorous methods to estimate the population sizes of horses and burros, to model the effects of management actions on the animals, or to assess the availability and use of forage on rangelands. Evidence suggests that horse populations are growing by 15 to 20 percent each year, a level that is unsustainable for maintaining healthy horse populations as well as healthy ecosystems. Promising fertility-control methods are available to help limit this population growth, however. In addition, science-based methods exist for improving population estimates, predicting the effects of management practices in order to maintain genetically diverse, healthy populations, and estimating the productivity of rangelands. Greater transparency in how science-based methods are used to inform management decisions may help increase public confidence in the Wild Horse and Burro Program.