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Fertility and Fertility Preferences
Overview Publications
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Publications

Final DHS reports: All DHS final reports include chapters on fertility

Analytical Studies
ID Title Published
AS3 Trends and Differentials in Adolescent Reproductive Behavior in Sub-Saharan Africa (English) 2002
AS4 The Contraception-Fertility Link in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Other Developing Countries (English) 2001
AS2 Gap Between Preferred and Actual Birth Intervals in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for Fertility and Child Health (English) 2001
AR9 Change in the Desired Number of Children: A Cross Country Cohort Analysis of Levels and Correlates of Change (English) 1998
AR8 Unintended Childbearing in Developing Countries: Levels, Trends, and Determinants (English) 1998
AR5 Components of Unexpected Fertility Decline in Sub-Saharan Africa (English) 1997
AR2 Mass Media and Reproductive Behavior in Africa (English) 1997
 
Comparative Reports
ID Title Published
CR9 Infecundity, Infertility, and Childlessness in Developing Countries (English) 2004
CR5 Trends in Marriage and Early Childbearing in Developing Countries (English) 2003
CR3 Fertility Levels, Trends, and Differentials 1995-1999 (English) 2002
CR2 Reproductive Preferences in Developing Countries at the Turn of the Century (English) 2002
CR1 Unmet Need at the End of the Century (English) 2001
CS28 Fertility Levels, Trends and Differentials (English) 1998
CS23 Gender Preferences for Children (English) 1997
CS17 Childbearing Attitudes and Intentions (English) 1995
CS9 Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Health Indicators for Subnational Areas (English) 1994
CS13 Socioeconomic Differentials in Fertility (English) 1994
CS10 Marriage and Entry into Parenthood (English) 1994
 
Further Analysis
ID Title Published
FA50 A Comparative Analysis of Unmet Need in Nepal (English) 2008
FA52 Factors Responsible for the Rapid Decline of Fertility in Nepal - An Interpretation (English) 2008
FA53 Trends in Economic Differentials in Population and Health Outcomes (English) 2008
FA54 Improvements in Maternal Health in Nepal (English) 2008
FA44 Mistimed and Unwanted Pregnancies in Jordan (English) 2004
FA29 The Two-Child Norm in the Philippines (English) 1999
FA26 Regard sur la fécondité, la santé et la planification familiale au Maroc (French) 1999
FA19 Trends and Differentials in Fertility in Zimbabwe, 1980-1994 (English) 1997
FA13 Perspectives on Fertility and Family Planning in Egypt (English) 1995
FA11 Fertility Transition in Kenya (English) 1991
FA8 Determinantes, Niveles y Tendencias de la Fecundidad en la República Dominicana (Spanish) 1990
FA9 Edad de la Mujer al Primer Matrimonio y al Nacimiento del Primer Hijo [Guatemala] (Spanish) 1990
 
Geographic Studies
ID Title Published
GS8 Atlas Demográfico e de Saúde de Mocambique (Portuguese) 1999
 
Other Documents
ID Title Published
OD46 Trends in Youth Reproductive Health in Ethiopia, 2000 and 2005 (English) 2008
OD47 Jordan - Population and Family Health Survey 2002 - Amman Governorate Report (Arabic, English) 2004
OD48 Jordan - Population and Family Health Survey 2002 - Irbid Governorate Report (Arabic, English) 2004
OD49 Jordan - Population and Family Health Survey 2002 - Zarqa Governorate Report (Arabic, English) 2004
OD25 Youth Reproductive Health in Ethiopia (English) 2002
OD17 Estimating Sampling Errors of Means, Total Fertility, and Childhood Mortality Rates Using SAS (English, French) 2001
OD1 Population and Health Data for Latin America (English) 1993
OD3 Fertility Trends and Determinants in Six African Countries: Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe DHS Regional Analysis Workshop for Anglophone Africa, volume of all reports (English)  
 
Other Final Reports
ID Title Published
MIS2 Angola: 2006 - MIS Final Report (English) 2007
 
Policy Briefs
ID Title Published
PB1 Pakistan Briefing Kit 2006-07 (English) 2008
 
Working Papers
ID Title Published
WP43 What's in the Gap? Factors Associated with the Interval Between Age at First Sex and Age at First Marriage in Cameroon and Their Implications for Reproductive Health and Women's Empowerment (English) 2008
WP45 Fertility Behavior in Armenia and Moldova: The Decline during the Post-Soviet Transition and Current Preferences (English) 2008
WP51 Guatemalan Regional Fertility Patterns 1987-2002 (English) 2008
WP52 Marriage Age and Fertility Dynamics in India (English) 2008
WP53 Determinants of Induced Abortion and its Consequences on Women's Reproductive Health: Findings from India's National Family Health Surveys (English) 2008
WP40 The Effect of Family Size and Composition on Fertility Desires, Contraceptive Adoption, and Method Choice in South Asia (English) 2008
WP21 Contraceptive Use Dynamics in Bangladesh (English) 1996
 
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