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This study examines the extent of the interrelationship between future fertility intention and subsequent fertility behaviour in rural Bangladesh using longitudinal data. It confirms that fertility intention is an important predictor of subsequent fertility behaviour for rural Bangladeshi women. Women wanting no more children are over three times less likely to have a child during a 5-year follow-up than those wanting more children. A multivariate model using logistic regression shows that fertility intention is a useful indicator for fertility behaviour, when background and life-cycle variables are controlled. The different patterns of fertility intentions by socioeconomic and demographic subgroups suggest that different programme strategies should be designed for specific target groups.

This is a report on some aspects of the publicity activities of the "planned fertility" (chi-hua sheng-yu) campaign in parts of Kwangtung Province. I shall make special reference to three rural communes, namely, Huan-ch'eng (population: 59,000) of Hsin-hui Hsien, Ta-li (population: 68,000) of Nan-hai Hsien, and Ch'ang-sha (population: 59,500) of K'ai-p'ing Hsien, each of which I visited in December 1976 as a member of the research team of the Social Research Centre of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Based on personal observations and conversation with various individuals during that trip, including officials and ordinary peasants, I propose to describe in some detail the ways in which the principles of planned fertility are transmitted to the masses.

"Protecting the reproductive potential of young patients undergoing cancer therapy is increasingly important. With modern treatment protocols, 80% of patients can be expected to survive. It has been estimated that up to one in 250 young adults will be a survivor of childhood cancer in the future; infertility, however, may be a consequence. As a wide range of fertility preservation methods are increasingly offered by clinicians, this systematic and comprehensive textbook dealing with the cryobiology, technology and clinical approach to this therapy will be essential reading to infertility specialists, embryologists, oncologists, cryobiologists, ObGyns, andrologists, and urologists with an interest in fertility preservation. Fertility Cryopreservation reviews all the techniques of this increasingly important field within reproductive medicine. It covers the basic principles of pertinent cryobiology, and contains major sections on the different therapies available, written by international specialists combining experience from both academic centers and commercial industries"--Provided by publisher

In the past two centuries the proportion of couples using some form of conscious pregnancy-prevention has risen from close to zero to about two-thirds. In European populations this radical change in behaviour occurred largely between 1870 and 1930 without the benefit of highly effective methods. In Asia, Africa and Latin America, the change took place after 1950 since when the global fertility rate has halved from 5.0 births to 2.5 births per woman. In this chapter we describe the controversies surrounding the idea of birth control and the role of early pioneers such as Margaret Sanger; the advances in contraceptive and abortion technologies; the ways in which family planning has been promoted by many governments, particularly in Asia; trends in use of specific methods; the problems of discontinuation of use; and the incidence of unintended pregnancies and abortions.

BOTSWANA EXHIBITS A MEDIUM TOTAL FERTILITY RATE (TFR) AND IS ONE OF THE THREE COUNTRIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA THAT ARE REPORTED TO BE EXPERIENCING INCIPIENT FERTILITY DECLINE. THIS IS AN INDICATION OF THE SUBCONTINENT'S ENTRY INTO THE SECOND PHASE OF THE FERTILITY TRANSITION AFTER UNDERGOING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE PROXIMATE DETERMINANTS OF FERTILITY OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES. THIS PAPER EXAMINES SOME ASPECTS OF THESE ISSUES IN RELATION TO THE FERTILITY TREND IN BOTSWANA. IT ALSO DRAWS ATTENTION TO THE NEED TO DEVELOP THE INTELLECTUAL CAPABILITY FOR STUDYING THESE PHENOMENA AND TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE AND RELIABLE INFORMATION AND APPROPRIATE TOOLS FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATING DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS IN THE SUBCONTINENT.