Unmet need for family planning has been a core concept in international population
discourse for several decades. This article reviews the history of unmet need and the …

Survey data on fertility preferences have played a central but controversial role in fertility
research and advocacy for family planning. We summarize evidence from longitudinal …

This paper starts from the assessment that there is no good theory in the social sciences that
would tell us whether fertility in low-fertility countries is likely to recover in the future, stay …

It takes a woman and a man to make a baby. This fact suggests that for a birth to take place,
the parents should first agree on wanting a child. Using newly available data on fertility …

Young Beti women in Cameroon regularly assert that because they are uncertain about
what the future will bring, they cannot make any plans. But they do plan, strategize, and …

Context: The causes of the substantial increase in contraceptive prevalence in developing
countries since 1960 have been intensely debated. An important unresolved issue concerns …

Fertility preferences have long played a key role in models of fertility differentials and
change. We examine the stability of preferences over time using rich panel data on Kenyan …

Context: The definition of unmet need has changed over time, and estimates of unmet need
can be calculated using wives', husbands' and couples' reports. All of these estimates may …

Families in Asia provides a unique sociological analysis of family trends in Asia. Stella R.
Quah uses demographic and survey data, personal interviews and case studies from China …

Using longitudinal data from the 2014–2018 China Family Panel Studies, we investigate the
impact of internet use (IU) on fertility among reproductive-age women. We find that IU …