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Biological and social interactions in the determination of late fertility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2011

R. H. Gray
R. H. Gray
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Special Programme of Research in Human Reproduction, World Health Organization, Geneva
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The biological and social factors which may interact to determine the level and pattern of fertility during the last decades of the reproductive life are complex, and because of the paucity of data, the mechanisms regulating fertility at late ages must in part remain speculative. This review focuses on two major questions. First, why is there a decline of fertility prior to the menopause? Second, why does reproduction cease at the menopause and what factors influence the age at which this occurs?

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II. Fertility rates in middle age
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 11 , supplement S6: Fertility in Middle Age , 1979 , pp. 97 - 115
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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