Background Studies of trends in population changes and epidemiological profiles in the
developing world have overwhelmingly relied upon the concepts of demographic …

COOKING DATA is an ethnographic study of how demographic data is collected, handled,
processed, and manipulated by fieldworkers, researchers, policymakers, and NGOs in …

We survey the literature on sub-Saharan Africa to identify how gender has factored into
explaining fertility levels and behavior. Tracing the development of male role theory, we …

The field of political demography-the politics of population change-is dramatically
underrepresented in political science. At a time when demographic changes-aging in the …

Despite the growing problem of global tobacco use, accurate information on the prevalence
and patterns in the world's poorest nations remains sparse. For sub-Sahara Africa, in …

Using the case of adolescent fertility, we ask the questions of whether and when national
laws have an effect on outcomes above and beyond the effects of international law and …

This study examines the rapid growth of Africa's population in the post-World War II era. The
study finds that Africa's population increased by over 1 billion, from 228.7 million in 1950 to …

Over the past two decades, a sociology of global health has emerged. While this new
subfield takes up some themes and issues that are familiar to the discipline as a whole …

Objective This study examines how women's chances of having an unintended birth is
related to gender inequalities in education, employment, intra‐household decision‐making …

Sub-Saharan Africa has shifted from having a low population density and no population
growth in the 19th century to an extremely high population growth today. I argue here that an …