Singapore, 1

social

institution, 8, 42, 151

interaction, 133, 161–162, 164, 167

justice theory, 29

networks, 130, 162

socialization, 37

Soviet Union, 4

standard error, 122–126

standard of living, 10, 32, 36–38

status of women, 88, 91, 126

sterilization, 1–2, 19, 47

policies, 1

structural equation, 71, 73, 121–122, 126

sub-Saharan Africa. See also Africa, 28, 32, 53

survival mechanism, 29

symmetric measure, 72, 82

synthesis framework, 23

tempo of fertility. See also fertility rate, 17

termination of pregnancy, 47

theoretical framework, 9, 22, 24, 26, 29–30, 40, 43, 46, 48, 150, 160, 168

total fertility rate. See also fertility rate, 16, 149–150

traditionalists, 143

Tucker-Lewis index, 122–125, 127

Turkey, 12–13, 79, 81

unemployment, 10, 165

United Nations, 2–3, 10, 26–28, 41–42, 50, 149, 153

United States, 4, 21

unwanted pregnancy, 28

urban households, 10

value system, 36–37, 39

voluntary choice, 7

voluntary abstinence, 19

weight, 14, 122

weighted least square, 122

Western values, 39

wife's education, 32, 52, 66, 68–69, 157

women's education, 27, 33, 39, 77, 85–88, 93, 97, 102–103, 157, 169

participation, 31, 44, 58

status, 44

World Health Organization, 2

World Summit on Social Development, 153

Yemeni Family Care Association, 11

Yugoslavia, 4