Does mortality affect fertility?

J.B. Wyon

American Journal of Public Health, 1979, vol. 69, issue 6, 549-552

Abstract: Policy makers concerned with the social and economic development of less developed countries (LDCs) strongly desire to know whether mortality affects fertility and, if so, how much. Through their approaches and skills, demographers have made significant contributions toward resolving these concerns by developing a persuasive theory of demographic transition. This theory, and the assembled evidence, justify the emphasis development planners have placed on the need to control birth rates so that rapid population growth does not nullify the efforts of national governments to provide a reasonable measure of welfare for all their people. Consequently, for the past 20 years family planning programs have absorbed an important fraction of the effort and expenditures authorized by planning commissions and ministries of health and/or family planning.

Date: 1979
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