From Death to Birth: Mortality Decline and Reproductive Change

by National Research Council and National Research Committee on Population

The last 35 years or so have witnessed a dramatic shift in the demography of many developing countries. Before 1960, there were substantial improvements in life expectancy, but fertility declines were very rare. Few people used modern contraceptives, and couples had large families. Since 1960, however, fertility rates have fallen in virtually every major geographic region of the world, for almost all political, social, and economic groups. What factors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309058961
• ISBN13: 9780309058964
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 438 Pages
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"