Low Fertility and Reproductive Health in East Asia

This book provides a unique blend of social and biomedical sciences in the field of low fertility and reproductive health. It offers a significant contribution to understanding the determinants of low fertility mostly in East Asia, including an assessment of the effectiveness of policies that aim to...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Ogawa, Naohiro. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Shah, Iqbal H. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:International Studies in Population, 11
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9226-4
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Naohiro Ogawa, Iqbal H. Shah, and Gayl Ness
  • 1: Social norms, institutions, and policies in low-fertility countries: Anne H. Gauthier
  • 2: Very low fertility and the high costs of children and the elderly in East Asia: Naohiro Ogawa, Andrew Mason, Sang-Hyop Lee, An-Chi Tung, and Rikiya Matsukura
  • 3: The effects of daycare center use on marital fertility in Japan: Sang-Hyop Lee, Naohiro Ogawa, and Rikiya Matsukura
  • 4: What are the prospects for continued low fertility in Japan?: Vegard Skirbekk, Rikiya Matsukura, and Naohiro Ogawa
  • 5: Low fertility: Choice or chance?: Paul F. A. Van Look
  • 6: Trends in male reproductive health and decreasing fertility: Possible influence of endocrine disrupters: Tina Harmer Lassen, Teruaki Iwamoto, Tina Kold Jensen, and Niels E. Skakkebæk
  • 7: The sexual behavior of adolescents and young adults in Japan: Ryuzaburo Sato and Miho Iwasawa
  • 8: Sexless marriages in Japan: Prevalence and reasons: Yoshie Moriki, Kenji Hayashi, and Rikiya Matsukura
  • 9: Community-level effects on the use of reproductive health services in rural China: Zheng Wu, Shuzhuo Li, Christoph M. Schimmele, Yan Wei, Quanbao Jiang, and Zhen Guo
  • Index.