This volume examines two distinct low fertility scenarios that have emerged in economically
advanced countries since the turn of the 20th century: one in which fertility is at or near …

This study applies survival analysis to the birth histories from 317 national surveys to model
pathways to low fertility in 83 less-developed countries between 1965 and 2014. It presents …

V iewed its uniformity. from enough Over a distance, period of fertility only a couple decline
of is hundred remarkable years, in and largely in conjunction with economic development …

This study discusses fertility trends and variation in countries that completed the transition
from high to around-replacement fertility in the 1950s to 1980s, especially in Europe, East …

Although 10 countries and two of China's special administrative areas, totalling 1,528 million
people or 44 per cent of Asia's total population, are now characterized by fertility rates below …

Fertility in the United States is at an all-time low, having reached a rate of 1.86 children per
woman of child-bearing age in 2013. Researchers warn of the worldwide “low-fertility trap” …

In the demographic literature, the semantics of fertility decline have led to some interesting
confusion. In particular, confusion has been caused by the tendency to use interchangeably …

IN THE MID-1990S 44 percent of the world's population lived in countries with fertility at or
below the replacement level. This includes practically all of Europe, the overseas English …

Between the late 1950s and the late 1970s fertility began a persistent major decline in
countries containing almost four-fifths of the world's population. The exceptions that did not …

In 1950 the world's “less developed regions,” containing 1.72 billion people (68% of the
world's population), had a total fertility rate of 6 births per woman. This chapter focuses on …