The World Fertility Survey: An Assessment

Between 1973 and 1984, sixty-one countries participated in a ground-breaking survey of human fertility organized by the World Fertility Survey (WFS) . By interviewing thousands of women between the ages of 15 and 49, the WFS made available for the first time a survey of this size and scope. This volume follows the cycle of the monumental project--from the design and execution of the survey through the analyses and dissemination of results to the implications for future approaches and government policies.