Childbearing Trajectories in a West African Setting: A Sequence Analysis Approach.
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DOI: 10.1215/00703370-10714477
Abstract: The lagging fertility transition in West Africa has important repercussions for global population growth but remains poorly understood. Inspired by Caldwell and colleagues' fertility transition framework, as well as by subsequent research, we examine diversity… read more here.
Keywords: sequence analysis; west african; high fertility; fertility ... See more keywords
Changing gender relations, declining fertility? An analysis of childbearing trajectories in 19th-century Netherlands
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DOI: 10.4054/demres.2019.41.30
Abstract: BACKGROUND A long-standing and still unresolved debate has developed on whether the historical fertility transition was caused by ‘spacing’ (increasing the time between births) or by stopping (terminating childbearing at younger ages). Moreover, there is… read more here.
Keywords: historical fertility; analysis; childbearing trajectories; gender relations ... See more keywords