References

Useful reading

• Bongaarts J (1978). A framework for analyzing the proximate determinants of fertility. Population and Development Review 4(1):105-132.
• Bongaarts J (1982). The fertility-inhibiting effects of the intermediate fertility variables. Studies in Family Planning 13(6/7):179-189.
• Bongaarts J and Potter RG (1983). Fertility, Biology and Behavior: An Analysis of the Proximate Determinants. New York: Academic Press.
• Stover J (1998). Revising the Proximate Determinants of Fertility Framework: What Have We Learned in the Past 20 Years? Studies in Family Planning 29(3):255-267.

 

HIV and proximate determinants of fertility

• Gregson S, B Zaba and S Hunter (2009). The impact of HIV-1 on fertility in sub-Saharan Africa: causes and consequences. Completing the fertility transition. New York: United Nations.

 

References (cited in this session)

Bongaarts’ aggregated model

• Bongaarts J and RG Potter (1983). Fertility, Biology and Behavior: An Analysis of the Proximate Determinants. New York: Academic Press.
• Henry L (1961). Some data on natural fertility. Eugenics Quarterly 8(81-91).
• Carlsson G (1966). The Decline of Fertility: Innovation or Adjustment Process. Population Studies 20(2):149-174.
• Coale AJ (1973). The demographic transition reconsidered. In International Population Conference, Liège. Vol. 1. pp53–72. Liège: International Union for the Scientific Study of Population.
• Coale AJ and Watkins SC (1986). The decline of fertility in Europe. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
• Mason KO (1997). Explaining fertility transitions. Demography 34(4):443-454.

Marriage

• United Nations (2011). World Fertility Report 2009. United Nations.
• United Nations (2009). World Marriage Data 2008. United Nations.

Contraception

• World Health Organization Department of Reproductive Health and Research (WHO/RHR) and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs (CCP) Knowledge for Health Project (2011). Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers (2011 update). Baltimore and Geneva: CCP and WHO.
• Cleland J and MM Ali (2004). Reproductive consequences of contraceptive failure in 19 developing countries. Obstetrics & Gynecology 104(2):314-320.
• Trussell J. Contraceptive Efficacy. In Hatcher RA, Trussell J, Nelson AL, Cates W, Kowal D, Policar M. Contraceptive Technology: Twentieth Revised Edition. New York NY: Ardent Media, 2011.
• Laing, J.E. 1978. Estimating the effects of contraceptive use on fertility: techniques and findings from the 1974 Philippine National Acceptor Survey. Studies in Family Planning 9(6):150-162.

Limitations

• Baschieri A and A Hinde (2007). The proximate determinants of fertility and birth intervals in Egypt: an application of calendar data. Demographic Research 16(3):59-96.
• Hobcraft J and RJA Little (1984). Fertility exposure analysis: A new method for assessing the contribution of proximate determinants to fertility differentials. Population Studies 38(1):21-45.
• Rutstein SO and IH Shah (2004). Infecundity, Infertility, and Childlessness in Developing Countries. DHS Comparative Reports No.9. Calverton, Maryland, USA: ORC Macro and World Health Organization.
• Caraël M (1995). Sexual behaviour. Pp. 75-123 in J. Cleland and B. Ferry (Eds). Sexual behaviour and AIDS in the developing world, London: Taylor and Francis.
• Welllings K, M Collumbien, E Slaymaker S Singh, Z Hodges, D Patel and B Nathalie (2006). Sexual behaviour in context: a global perspective. The Lancet 368:1706-1728.
• Sandfort T, H Bos, E Haavio-Mannila and JM Sundet (1998). Sexual practices and their social profiles. Pp. 106-164 in M. Hubert, N. Bajos, and T. Sandfort (Eds). Sexual behaviour and HIV/AIDS in Europe, London: UCL Press.

Self-assessment

• Rutstein SO (2002). Fertility Levels, Trends, and Differentials 1995-1999. DHS Comparative Report. 3. Calverton, Maryland: ORC Macro.