We review demographic and sociological literature on family dynamics in Latin America and
the Caribbean (LAC) and systematize major trends in union formation and fertility in recent …

Abstract In late 2015, the Brazilian Ministry of Health and the Pan American Health
Organization classified the increase in congenital malformations associated with the Zika …

China's low fertility rates are a major concern across all sectors of society. Fertility is a major
issue related to economy, society and family development. Based on social norms theory …

We provide an analysis of the main sources of data used to estimate fertility schedules in
developing countries, giving special attention to Brazil. In addition to the brief history of …

The WHO estimates that around 186 million individuals live with infertility. Although the
drivers of infertility are varied and complex, it is linked to the postponement of childbearing in …

A major transformation of life in the last decades has been the delay in fertility–that is, the
decrease in fertility among people below age 25–30. At the same time that fertility has been …

Between 2016 and 2018, we observe in Uruguay a steep decline of almost 20 percent in the
number of total births, leading to the collapse of the adolescent fertility rate after decades of …

In spite of a peculiar pattern of the age at first birth in Latin America, there is little research
about the long-term trends in the timing of transition to motherhood at all stages of women's …

The relationship between levels of social and economic inequality and demographic
changes remains poorly documented, particularly for fertility. Covering a period from 1986 to …

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, Brazil has been among the countries that
have been heavily affected by this novel disease. From March 2020 onwards, records of …