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192.168.6.56/handle/123456789/50727| Title: | Male Fertility Patterns and Determinants |
| Authors: | Li Zhang |
| Keywords: | Male Fertility Patterns |
| Issue Date: | 2011 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Description: | The purpose of the book is to explore a broad range of factors that differentiate male fertility patterns and results from their female counterparts so that to challenge the female primacy assumption in fertility studies. In this manuscript, the book addresses such questions as: Do male and female fertility outcomes differ across nations and over time? Whether a variety of factors determine male and female fertility results in the same manner? What have caused the male and female fertility differentials? How do findings of this research benefit current family planning programs in both high and low fertility countries? The book commences with a review of the existing literature on male fertility and the possible reasons that account for why men have been ignored in fertility studies. The study then presents an empirical analysis of male fertility by contrasting male and female fertility at both aggregate and individual levels. At the aggregate level, the book examines the changing pattern of male fertility rates as compared to female fertility rates in 43 countries and locations, particularly in Taiwan. The data used for aggregate level analysis come from the 2001 United Nations Demographic Yearbook and the 1964–2004 Taiwan-Fukien Demographic Yearbooks and the 2004 National Statistics Reports by the Statistics Bureau of Republic of China. The individual level analysis explores the fertility determinants of men as compared to those of women through analyzing data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) conducted in the United States. The book devotes particular attention to Taiwan and the United States due to their readily available male fertility data. |
| URI: | http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/50727 |
| ISBN: | 978-90-481-8939-7 |
| Appears in Collections: | Population Studies |
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