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Birth Limitation

Birth Limitation is a demographic construct that refers to the deliberate reduction of family size through conscious individual or household-level decisions, societal norms, or policy interventions that restrict the number of live births.

21

Publications

965

Citations

39

Authors

22

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

3

Variants

Parity Limitation

Parents

Publications

21

Challenging Myths About China’s One-Child Policy

Martin King Whyte, Feng Wang, Yong Cai · The China Journal · 2015 · 182 citations · Full text

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An Alternative to the One-Child Policy in China

John Bongaarts, Susan Greenhalgh · Population and Development Review · 1985 · 162 citations

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Women's growing desire to limit births in sub-Saharan Africa: meeting the challenge

Lynn M. Van Lith, Melanie Yahner, Lynn Bakamjian · Global Health Science and Practice · 2013 · 96 citations · Full text

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Effects of birth rank, maternal age, birth interval, and sibship size on infant and child mortality: evidence from 18th and 19th century reproductive histories.

J Knodel, Albert I. Hermalin · American Journal of Public Health · 1984 · 74 citations · Full text

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State Policies and the Birth Rate in Egypt: From Socialism to Liberalism

Philippe Fargues · Population and Development Review · 1997 · 65 citations

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Authors

39

  1. SG
    Susan Greenhalgh

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    2 publications · 198 citations

    2

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  2. JB
    John Bongaarts

    Population Council, United States

    2 publications · 198 citations

    2

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  3. HL
    Harvey Leibenstein

    Harvard University Press, United States

    1 publications · 25 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. JK
    J Knodel

    University of Michigan, United States

    1 publications · 74 citations

    1

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  5. MW
    Melbourne W. Boynton

    University of Chicago, United States

    1 publications · 13 citations

    1

    h-index

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Institutions

22

  1. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    24 citations

  2. National Taiwan University

    Taipei, Taiwan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  3. Brown University

    Providence, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    38 citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    182 citations

  5. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    39 citations

  6. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  7. Lehigh University

    Bethlehem, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  8. Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

    Rostock, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

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Venues

  1. Studies in Family Planning

    2 publications · 55 citations

    2

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  2. Population and Development Review

    2 publications · 227 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. PubMed

    Repository · 2 publications · 64 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. The China Journal

    1 publications · 182 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. Demography

    1 publications · 65 citations

    1

    h-index

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