Although almost all cultures have been characterized by pronatalistic attitudes and values,
since earliest times there have always been some individuals who have questioned and …

Approximately half of pregnancies occurring each year in the United States are unintended:
They either occurred too soon or were not intended at any time. 1 This commonly cited …

The finding that women are attracted to men older than themselves whereas men are
attracted to relatively younger women has been explained by social psychologists in terms …

This book has evolved over a period of 25 years. My interest in domestic and international
population policies was first stimulated by Kingsley Davis, Judith Blake, William Petersen …

Potter and colleagues are right: the retrospective, population-level measure of unintended
pregnancy—typically presented as a rate among women of reproductive age or as a …

Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 51 (1) of American
Journal of Orthopsychiatry (see record 2013-42790-029). The original article contained an …

BACKGROUND The decision about whether to start a family within a partnership can be
viewed as a result of an interaction process. The influence of each of the partners in a …

Decisions on family size and fertility regulation are made within the household, and yet little
research has focused on the effects of power relationships within families on demographic …

Longitudinal survey data from 509 couples who at Time 1 interview had recently married or
had their first child did not support the hypothesis that demographic factors influence fertility …

This book builds on a previous monograph, Family Planning and Abortion in the Socialist
Countries of Central and Eastern Europe, by HP David, published by the Population Council …