Decline and prosper! : changing global birth rates and the advantages of fewer children /: changing global birth rates and the advantages of fewer children. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Vegard Skirbekk.
• Authors: Skirbekk, Vegard
• Contents: Introduction.- Measuring Fertility.- How Many Children Can Humans Have Biologically?.- Fertility from the Dawn of Humanity through the 19th Century.- The Demographic Transition: Fewer Deaths and Fewer Births, Eventually.-Contemporary Global Fertility.The New Have-Nots: Childlessness in the 21st Century.- More Education, Fewer Children.- An Era of Choice: Childbearing Has Become More Planned.- Fertility Preferences: How Many Children Do People Want?.- Delaying Parenthood, For Better and For Worse.- Finding a Mate: Contemporary Partnership and Conception.- Money Matters: The Economics of Fertility.- Fertility in the Aftermath of Disaster.- New Times, Old Beliefs: Religion and Contemporary Fertility.- Contemporary Fertility from an Evolutionary Perspective: Are the Fittest Still Surviving?.- How Low Will It Go? Projecting Future Fertility.- Fertility, Population Growth and Population Composition.- Fertility Policies: Past, Present, and Future Directions.- Low – But Not Too Low – Fertility is a Good Thing.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 304.6; Demography; Fertility, Human -- Social aspects; Population -- Social aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030916114
• Related ISBNs: 9783030916107
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