Offspring : human fertility behavior in biodemographic perspective / Kenneth W. Wachter, Rodolfo A. Bulatao, editors.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Workshop on the Biodemography of Fertility and Family Behavior, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Wachter, Kenneth W.

Bulatao, Rodolfo A., 1944-

Conference Name:

Workshop on the Biodemography of Fertility and Family Behavior (2002 : Washington, D.C.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fertility, Human--Congresses.

Fertility, Human.

Demography--Congresses.

Demography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Human fertility behavior in biodemographic perspective

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front Matter

Preface

Contents

Tables and Figures

1 Biodemography of Fertility and Family Formation

2 Genetic Influences on Fertility: Strengths and Limitations of Quantitative Inferences

3 Education, Fertility, and Heritability: Explaining a Paradox

4 The Neural Basis of Pair Bonding in a Monogamous Species: A Model for Understanding the Biological Basis of Human Behavior

5 Hormonal Mediation of Physiological and Behavioral Processes That Influence Fertility

6 Intraspecific Variability in Fertility and Offspring Survival in a Nonhuman Primate: Behavioral Control of Ecological and Social Sources

7 An Evolutionary and Ecological Analysis of Human Fertility, Mating Patterns, and Parental Investment

8 Sexually Antagonistic Coevolution: Theory, Evidence, and Implications for Patterns of Human Mating and Fertility

9 Pubertal Maturation, Adrenarche, and the Onset of Reproduction in Human Males

10 Energetics, Sociality, and Human Reproduction: Life History Theory in Real Life

11 Evolutionary Biology and Rational Choice in Models of Fertility

12 Reflections on Demographic, Evolutionary, and Genetic Approaches to the Study of Human Reproductive Behavior

Contributors and Other Workshop Participants

Index.

Notes:

"Panel for the Workshop on the Biodemography of Fertility and Family Behavior."

The papers contained in this volume were presented at the Workshop on the Biodemography of Fertility and Family Behavior, held at the National Academies in Washington, D.C., in June 2002"--p. viii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610180202

9780309168298

0309168295

9781280180200

128018020X

9780309507554

0309507553

OCLC:

52806850