Diffusion processes and fertility transition : selected perspectives / Committee on Population ; John B. Casterline, editor ; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.

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Online Access:	Full text (Emerson users only)
Contributors:	Casterline, John B.
Corporate Contributors:	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population., National Research Council (U.S.). Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2001.
Subjects:	Communication in family planning > Developing countries > Congresses. Fertility, Human > Developing countries > Congresses. Diffusion of innovations. Family planning services. Fertility. Diffusion of Innovation Family Planning Services Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Fertility Developing Countries
Genre/Form:	Congress, proceedings (reports), Conference papers and proceedings
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central

Table of Contents:

1. Diffusion processes and fertility transition: introduction
2. Potatoes and pills: an overview of innovation-diffusion contributions to explanations of fertility decline
3. Diffusion in sociological analysis
4. Social interactions and fertility transitions
5. Social processes and fertility change
6. Learning and using new ideas: a sociocognitive perspective
7. Mass media and fertility change
8. Ready, willing, and able: a conceptualization of transitions to new behavioral forms.

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