abortifacient, 46

abortion. See also illegal abortion, 11–13, 20, 26, 28, 47, 49–56, 61–70, 76, 80–81, 83, 86, 88, 90–91, 95–96, 100–101, 105, 108–109, 115, 117–118, 120, 125, 128, 150, 152–153, 155–157, 160

abstinence, 19

accessibility, 8, 50, 151, 153–154, 163

Africa. See also sub-Saharan Africa, 4, 28, 32, 35, 53, 129, 149–150, 153, 161

age at marriage, 10–11, 13, 26–27, 33, 42, 49–53, 55–56, 58–59, 62–68, 76, 79, 81, 84–85, 88–89, 91–92, 96, 101–102, 106, 115, 121, 133–134, 136, 139, 147, 150–152, 156

agricultural activities, 12, 21, 81

agricultural sector, 26, 66, 68–69

Albania, 4

Arab Nations, 151

region, 50

attitude, 32, 39, 50, 54

Australia, 4

autonomy, 31, 36, 44, 159

Bangladesh, 4, 169

barriers, 6, 163

Bayes theorem, 142

Bayesian information criterion, 135–137, 141

biological determinants, 18

birth interval. See also closed birth interval; open birth interval, 16–17, 50

spacing, 53, 163

breastfeeding, 13–14, 76, 78–81, 83, 85, 87–91, 94–95, 99–100, 103–104, 107–108, 114, 116–119, 125, 128, 152

Cairo Program of Action, 6

Canada, 4, 21

case studies, 7

Catholics, 4

celibacy, 19

Central statistical organization, 10, 53, 72, 154, 169

change agents, 130, 161–163

Charitable Welfare Society, 129

child birth, 2–3, 34, 41, 51

mortality, 14, 153

rearing, 31

survival, 2, 13, 28

children ever born, 16–17, 42, 55, 57, 61–64, 152

China, 1, 47

Christians, 4