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2. 1. Essays on Income and Fertility: Sweden 1968-2009

   Author : Ernesto Silva; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sweden; Entry into Parenthood; Continued Childbearing; Childlessness; Parental Leave; Family Policies; Income and Fertility;

   Abstract : The purpose of this dissertation is to produce a cohesive study on how income is related to different events that constitute fertility, such as entry into parenthood, continued childbearing, and the risk of remaining childless. Relying on register-based longitudinal data on men and women living in Sweden between 1968 and 2009, this study aims to contribute to the literature by providing insight into whether or not income facilitates fertility and how it changes across parity transitions, gender, and educational attainment. READ MORE

4. 2. Parents, Children and Childbearing

   Author : Johan Dahlberg; Juho Härkönen; Gunnar Andersson; Jennifer S. Barber; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Demography; Sociology; Fertility; Intergenerational transmission; Intergenerational influences; Social background; Parental death; Timing of first birth; Mode of delivery; Sibling correlation; Event history analysis; Childlessness; Sweden; sociologisk demografi; Sociological Demography;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis provides a set of studies of social influences on fertility timing. Swedish register data are used to link individuals to their parents and siblings, thereby allowing the study of impacts of family of origin, social background, and parental death on fertility. READ MORE

5. 3. Life after terminated IVF – experience and quality of life among men and women

   Author : Marianne Johansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; infertility; IVF; ICSI; childlessness; phenomenology; lifeworld; grief; male-factor infertility; obstructive azoospermia; experience; psychology; quality of life; follow-up; gender;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to study experiences of infertility and quality of life as subjectively experienced health and psychological well-being as well as demographic, socio-economic and health issues in men and women terminating IVF unsuccessfully, i.e. without subsequent childbirth. READ MORE

6. 4. Female and male infertility in Nigeria : studies on the epidemiology of infertility in Nigeria with special reference to the role of genital tract infections and sexual and reproductive risk factors

   Author : Friday Ebodaghe Okonofua; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Infertility; childlessness; genital infection; risk factors; serology; Nigeria;

   Abstract : Background: Infertility is a major public health problem in Nigeria, contributing to inappropriate contraceptive behavior and poor sexual and reproductive health of women. To date, there is a paucity of scientific information relating to the factors that place men and women at risk of infertility in this population. READ MORE

7. 5. Opportunity for natural selection in Sweden : a study of childhood mortality and differential reproductivity

   Author : Helen M. E. Hed; Marianne Rasmuson; Aldur Eriksson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Opportunity for selection; Crow s index; Demography; Sweden; 1600-1980; Mortality; Fertility; genetik; Genetics;

   Abstract : Opportunity for natural selection in human populations has so far mainly been studied on anthropological data for tribal populations or on census data for nations. The present study is mainly based on data on individual lifehistories but also, for part of the longitudinal study, on census data. READ MORE