An assessment of recent Iranian fertility trends using parity progression ratios

<b>Background</b>: In 2013 a draft population bill was introduced in the Iranian Parliament. Based on the presumption that fertility in Iran had fallen to a very low level, the bill proposed a wide range of pronatalist policies with the aim of increasing fertility to 2.5 births per woman...

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Main Authors: Peter McDonald, Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi, Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, Arash Rashidian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2015-06-01
Series:Demographic Research
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Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol32/58/