Introduction Infertility is a problem that affects millions of people worldwide. The aim of this
study was to assess the effect of stress, depression and anxiety on the IVF outcomes in …

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Page 4 MUSLIM TURKISTAN Kazak Religion and Collective Memory Bruce G. Privratsky I  …

Providing a wealth of empirical research on the everyday practise of Islam in post-Soviet
Central Asia, this book gives a detailed account of how Islam is understood and practised …

Although it is clear that infertility leads to heightened stress for patients, the impact of
depressed mood and anxiety on treatment outcome is inconsistently reported. The aim of …

In 1991 the collapse of the Communist Party and the dissolution of the Soviet Union
launched the republics of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan into an unexpected self …

This article has two objectives. First, it aims to complement and extend existing research on
post-socialist demographic change, which has thus far tended to focus on Central and …

Why would a woman agree to wed a legally married man when the state would neither
recognize her marriage nor grant her alimony, child support or inheritance rights? Although …

Infertility affects about 9% of reproductive-age couples or more than 186 million people
worldwide and up to 15% of couples in the USA. Infertility is a life event that results in …

Central Asia (ie Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan)
constitutes a fascinating region for demography, but still little is known about the region from …

This thesis, structured into four separate but related papers, uses survey birth history data to
examine marital and fertility change in post-Soviet Central Asia, with a particular focus on …