WFS Data
The DHS Program USAID
 

World Fertility Survey

Comparative Studies (WFS)

The following is a list of Comparative Studies published by the World Fertility Survey between 1977 and 1985.

01. Singh & Platridis. 1980. Characteristics of the Surveys
02. Singh. 1980. Comparability of Questionnaires
03. Singh. 1980. Comparability of First Country Report Tabulations
04. Singh. 1980. Background Characteristics Used in WPS Surveys
05. Chidambaram & Sathar. 1984. Age and Date Reporting
06. Kabir. 1980. The Demographic Characteristics of Household Populations
07. Smith. 1980. Age at First Marriage
08. Vaessen. 1980. Knowledge of Contraceptive Methods
09. Carrasco. 1981. Contraceptive Practice
10. Lightbourne. 1980. Urban-Rural Differentials in Contraceptive use
11. Hanenberg. 1980. Current Fertility
12. Hodgson & Gibbs. 1980. Children Ever Born
13. Ferry. 1981. Breastfeeding
14. Lightbourne & Macdonald. 1982. Family Size Preferences
15. Casterline & Trussell. 1980. Age at First Birth
16. Chidambaram et al. 1980. Some Aspects of WFS Data Quality - A Preliminary Assessment
17. Goldman & Hobcraft. 1982. Birth Histories
18. Berent et al. 1982. Basic Characteristics, Sample Designs and Questionnaires
19. McCarthy. 1982. Differentials in Age at First Marriage
20. Berent. 1982. Family Planning in Europe and USA in the 1970s
21. Jones. 1982. Socio-Economic Differentials in Achieved Fertility
22. Smith et al. 1983. Cohort Nuptiality in Asia and the Pacific - An Analysis of WFS Surveys
23. Ferry & Smith. 1983. Breastfeeding Differentials
24. Rutstein. 1983. Infant and Child Mortality - Levels, Trends and Demographic Differentials
25. Hobcraft & Casterline. 1983. Speed of Reproduction
26. Berent. 1983. Family Size Preferences in Europe and USA - Ultimate Expected Number of Children
27. Cleland. 1983. Preferences for the Sex of Children and their Influence on Reproductive Behaviour
28. Hobcraft & Mcdonald. 1984. Birth Intervals
29. Rindfuss et al. 1984. Childspacing in Asia - Similarities and Differences
30. Rodriguez et al. 1984. A Comparative Analysis of Determinants of Birth Intervals
31. Vaessen. 1984. Childlessness and Infecundity
32. Singh. 1984. Comparability of Questionnaires - Forty-one WFS Countries
33. Alam & Casterline. 1984. Socio-Economic Differentials in Recent Fertility
34. Smith et al. 1984. Marriage Dissolution and Remarriage
35. McDonald. 1984. Nuptiality & Fertility: A Study of Starting, Stopping and Spacing Behaviour
36. Sathar & Chidambaram. 1984. Differentials in Contraceptive Use
37. Jones. 1984. The Availability of Contraceptive Services
38. Ford. 1984. Timing and Spacing of Births
39. Casterline et al. 1984. The Proximate Determinants of Fertility
40. Singh & Ferry. 1984. Biological & Traditional Factors that Influence Fertility (PDF not available [yet!])
41. Smith & Ferry. 1984. Correlates of Breastfeeding
42. Ashurst et al. 1984. Socio-Economic Differentials in Recent Fertility (Revised edition)
43. Rutstein. 1984. Infant and Child Mortality - Levels, Trends and Demographic Differentials (Revised edition)
44. Goldman et al. 1985. Assessment of the Quality of Data in 41 WFS Surveys - A Comparative Approach
45. Zoughlami & Allsopp. 1985. The Demographic Characteristics of Household Populations

WFS Technical Reports
2364. Rutstein. 1984. Regional Infant and Child Mortality Levels - Preliminary Tables for 38 Countries

The DHS Program

ICF, 530 Gaither Road, Suite 500, Rockville, MD 20850, USA * Tel: +1 301 407-6500 * Fax: +1 301 407-6501

Privacy Policy

The information provided on this Web site is not official U.S. Government information and does not represent the views or positions of the U.S. Agency for International Development or the U.S. Government.