The authors believed that the study was inconclusive as fertility patterns were changing dramatically as a result of legal abortion and increased use of contraceptives.

In these places, she worked on management of reproductive health, midwifery, prenatal care, and fertility patterns amongst migrants.

Describes fertility patterns of American women 15 to 44 years old in 2004.

Among the fertility patterns associated with the health of young children, length of the interval between births has the greatest impact.

It cannot be overemphasized that many non-biological factors mitigate the influence of fertility patterns upon health and mortality.

This is sometimes known as the 'rectangularisation' of fertility patterns.

Findings from focus group interviews suggest explanations of the early fertility pattern.

Experts now reject that assumption, and the newer projections allow for fertility patterns by race and ethnicity.

Without such changes in fertility patterns, there would have been more like seven million babies born last year, truly straining society's capacities.

Two major problems dominate further enquiry into today's fertility patterns and trends in Britain and the whole industrial world.