Eta square, 72, 81

ethical issues, 1

Europe, 4, 130, 156, 162

European fertility project, 130

transition, 156

exogenous factors, 24

exploratory factor analysis, 72, 111, 118, 121

factor analysis. See also confirmatory factor analysis, 71–72, 110–111, 118–119, 121–125

loading, 111–115, 118–119, 123, 126

family planning, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13–14, 21, 24, 28, 32, 34, 41, 46, 54, 57–58, 65, 67–69, 76–79, 81, 84–86, 88–91, 96–101, 106–110, 112–113, 115–117, 120, 124, 128, 133, 152, 155, 157–158, 162–164, 167–168

size, 8, 27, 32, 36, 41, 51–55, 64, 131–133, 138, 142–147, 151–152, 161–162, 164, 166–167

fecundity, 19–20, 28

female

autonomy, 36, 159

circumcision, 14

feminist, 5, 31, 33

model, 6

fertility decline, 15–16, 21, 23, 26, 29–30, 35–36, 38, 51, 64, 129–131, 133, 142, 147, 150–151, 161, 163, 166–167

preference, 14, 32–33

rates, 4, 21, 35, 39–40, 129, 149–150

regulation, 2, 14, 24, 48, 156

transition, 9, 30, 40, 129–131, 133, 135, 137, 139, 141, 143, 145, 147, 156

financial incentives, 2

foetal mortality, 19

Ford Foundation, 2

gender, 6–7, 10, 31–33, 40, 42–44, 46, 48, 72–73, 75, 77–79, 84–86, 88–91, 95, 97–101, 106–113, 115–122, 124–128, 153, 157–160, 169

development, 169

differences, 33, 159–160

dimension, 46, 48, 72–73, 75, 77, 79, 110–113, 115–118, 120–122, 124–126, 128, 157–160

inequality, 7, 153, 159–160

power, 44, 46, 158

status, 126

generalized least square, 122

gestation, 8, 18–19, 41–42, 44–49, 51, 73, 76, 80, 83, 86, 88, 90, 96, 101, 104–105, 109–110, 113, 115, 117–121, 151, 155, 158–160

Ghana, 4, 32

gross effects, 91, 93, 97–99, 106, 113, 116, 145–146

Gulf war, 165