Desired Fertility and Number of Children Born Across Time and Space.

Economists have often argued that high fertility rates are mainly driven by women's demand for children (and not by family planning efforts) with low levels of unwanted fertility across countries (and hence with little room for family planning efforts to reduce population growth). We study the relat...

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Published in:	Demography (Springer Nature) Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 55 - 84
Main Authors:	Günther, Isabel, Harttgen, Kenneth
Format:	journal article
Published:	Springer Nature Feb2016
Subjects:	Africa Childbirth Human fertility Psychology of women Family planning Birth control History of children Birth rate Children Demography Fertility History Health policy Developed countries
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost