Churchill, D Allen, J Pringle, M Hippisley-Cox, J Ebdon, D Macpherson, M Bradley, S
Published in
BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
In western Europe, UK has the highest teenage pregnancy rate among 15-19 year olds. Although general practice is one source of provision of contraception, it has been suggested that teenagers are reluctant to seek advice because of difficulty in gaining access and fears about confidentiality. This case-control study determined patterns of consultat...
Kravdal, O
Published in
Demographic research
The analysis was based on the 1994 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey combined with aggregate data from the 1992 census. Discrete-time hazard models for first and higher-order births were estimated for 1990-94. The average length of education in the district and the proportion who are literate were found to have no impact on a woman's birth rat...
Published in
Mahidol population gazette
This Mahidol Population Gazette presents Thailand's population and demographic estimates as of July 1, 2000, using the standard techniques of demographic analysis. The paper provides estimates of Thailand's total population, population by sex, population in urban and rural areas, population by region, and by age group. In addition, figures of crude...
Zheng, Z
Published in
Journal of biosocial science
This study examines the delay between first marriage and first live birth in China among a sample of women who married between 1980 and 1992. Most couples in China only use contraception after the first child is born. Most sample women had their first child within 2 years of marriage. However, there are significant rural-urban differences in the fi...
Mozumder, A B Kane, T T Levin, A Ahmed, S
Published in
Journal of biosocial science
This study was undertaken to investigate the independent effect of the length of birth interval on malnutrition in infants, and children aged 6-39 months. Data for this study were drawn from a post-flood survey conducted during October-December 1988 at Sirajganj of the Sirajgani district and at Gopalpur of the Tangail district in Bangladesh. The su...
Tilson, D Larsen, U
Published in
Journal of biosocial science
Forty-five per cent of first marriages in Ethiopia end in divorce within 30 years, and two-thirds of women who divorce do so within the first 5 years of marriage. This paper looks at two factors that may have an impact on the risk of divorce in Ethiopia: early age of first marriage, and childlessness within the first marriage. Data used were from t...
Joffe, M
Published in
Lancet (London, England)
The findings could not be explained by trends in age at first birth, increased treatment of subfertility, or changes in oral contraceptive use. If a decline in male fertility has occurred, it has been more than compensated for by a countervailing increase in couple fertility.
Yang, X
Published in
European journal of population = Revue europeenne de demographie
This paper expands the migration-fertility linkage literature by examining the fertility impact of temporary migration in Hubei, China. The central hypothesis is that temporary migration affects migrants' fertility through a detachment process: The separation of temporary migrants' actual residence from their de jure residence creates a loophole in...
Liu, J Lin, F
Published in
China population today
This article discusses trends for population development in the eastern, central, and western China between 1990 and 2060 based on population size, age structure, and labor force. It is noted that China faces severe challenges to sustainable development of its population, economy, resources and environment across all regions. In terms of the popula...
Feldblum, P J Hays, M Zipper, J Guzman-Serani, R Sokal, D C
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Contraception
We describe cumulative pregnancy probabilities among women who underwent quinacrine pellet sterilization in Chile between 1977 and 1989 (N = 1492). We interviewed the women or relatives in 1991-93 and 1994-96, and reviewed hospital records. Mean follow-up was 9.6 years (median 9 years). We recorded 120 pregnancies, including 40 that went to term or...
