Recent Fertility Trends in the Pacific Islands


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"This paper reports on fertility estimates derived by applying the own-children method of fertility estimation to census data for seventeen island groups in the South pacific region. Estimates were computed from three successive censuses for two island groups, two successive censuses for ten island groups, and one census for five island groups."--Abstract, P. [1].







Ultra-Low Fertility in Pacific Asia


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This book brings together work on the low fertility countries of East Asia with an analysis of trends in fertility, what we know about their determinants and consequences, the policy issues and how these are being addressed in the various countries.




Pacific Island Populations


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Fertility Patterns of Adolescent and Older Women in Pacific Island Countries


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This paper wish to investigate whether adolescent birth rates are high and rising over time in the Pacific Island countries, as is widely believed, and whether they are high relative to past years and to other developing regions in the world.




Pacific 2010


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Contains contributions from nine distinguished demographers and statisticians who examine population trends in the Pacific Islands and advise on action that needs to be taken urgently to prevent catastrophic social and economic consequences. Referenced.







The "population Problem" in Pacific Asia


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This book argues that Asia's population aging and stagnation needs to be viewed through a multi-dimensional lens, serving as a useful resource for government workers, stakeholders, and scholars in sociology, demography, geography, and economics.--Adapted from dust jacket.




World Fertility and Family Planning 2020: Highlights


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The main contents are key findings and messages regarding the relationship between contraceptive use and fertility, for 195 countries or areas of the world. These highlights will draw mainly from World Population Prospects 2019, and model-based estimates and projections of family planning indicators 2019. Policy-related implications of and responses to trends in family planning and fertility will be integrated throughout the text. In particular, these issues are of relevance for contextualizing Sustainable Development Goals 3.7.1. and 3.7.2. and the achievement of the 2030 Agenda.