This book examines how changes in reproductive patterns (such as the number and timing
of births and spacing between births) have affected the health of women and children in the …

In follow-up studies, dozens of reviews, and even a book of essays evaluating his
conclusions, Gerald Rosenberg's critics—not to mention his supporters—have spent nearly …

The author's basic goal in preparing this new, sixth edition of Half the Human Experience is
to provide a text on the psychology of women written in a way so that it is accessible to …

Increasingly, morbidity and mortality trends for young people in developing nations are
paralleling those in the industrialized world. As infectious causes of mortality diminish …

Gender-Class Equality in Political Economies offers an in-depth analysis of gender-class
equality across six countries to reveal why gender-class equality in paid and unpaid work …

Context The last decade witnessed growing differences in abortion dynamics in Belarus,
Russia, and Ukraine despite demographic, social, and historical similarities of these nations …

Background Unsafe abortion remains a global public health concern and it is the leading
cause of maternal mortality and morbidity. Despite the efforts made to improve maternal …

At present, known risk factors account for only one-third of breast cancer cases diagnosed in
the United States. They explain an even smaller fraction of the ten-fold variation in …

Studies of the association between induced abortion and breast cancer risk have been
inconsistent, perhaps due to underreporting of abortions. Induced abortion is a well …

BACKGROUND Migrant-vs.-native differentials in reproductive behavior are typically
examined through the prism of socioeconomic and cultural constraints that characterize the …