Offspring: Human Fertility Behavior in Biodemographic Perspective

Workshop on the Biodemography of Fertility and Family Behavior; Kenneth W. Wachter and Rodolfo A. Bulatao (eds.); National Research Council of the National Academies

ISBN 10: 030908718X / ISBN 13: 9780309087186

Published by National Academies Press, Washington, D.C, 2003

About this Item

Title page and p. v have a circular blind-embossed former ownership stamp of a Workshop participant; tight, text clean. xv, [3], 379 p., illustrated [otob: 56].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Offspring: Human Fertility Behavior in Biodemographic Perspective
• Publisher: National Academies Press, Washington, D.C
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 030908718X
• ISBN 13: 9780309087186
• Binding: Trade Paperback Original
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Despite recent advances in our understanding of the genetic basis of human behavior, little of this work has penetrated into formal demography. Very few demographers worry about how biological processes might affect voluntary behavior choices that have demographic consequences even though behavioral geneticists have documented genetics effects on variables such as parenting and divorce. Offspring: Human Fertility Behavior in Demographic Perspective brings together leading researchers from a wide variety of disciplines to review the state of research in this emerging field and to identify promising research directions for the future.

About the Author

Panel for the Workshop on the Biodemography of Fertility and Family Behavior, Kenneth W. Wachter and Rodolfo A. Bulatao, Editors, National Research Council