Kirsten West – författare

Status Enhancement and Fertility: Reproductive Responses to Social Mobility and Educational Opportunity provides a theoretical framework in which research findings on the socioeconomic determinants of fertility may be integrated. Starting with an introductory chapter on the substantive scope of the book, separate chapters provide a detailed review, appraisal, and synthesis of the complex research literature on social mobility and fertility; examine various statistical methodologies and suggest some fruitful avenues future research might pursue; and discuss the role of education in enhancing the status of women and the main intervening variables that link education to reproductive behavior. Subsequent chapters examines female labor force participation, the value of children, infant and child mortality, age at marriage and first birth, and family planning knowledge and practice. The final chapter discusses policy issues derived from models and assessments presented in the preceding chapters. This book may be used as an upper division or graduate level text in population courses.

Right now, I am on my own. On my own, to find courage I haven't the strength for. Courage that dangles just out of reach. I lived lie as truth and illusion as reality in the picture perfect San Francisco Bay Area family until those cracks emerged. How can I forgive, and is that even possible? "e;Then we hear the darkness. Like a flash of cold lightning. So terrified. The darkness is down the stairs and in the yard. So quickly.I know I cannot escape. I have tried that before. It never works.Help me, please! Make me safe! Please!"e; Help is coming, but not from a place I expect. Not all illusion is imaginary.I must peel away the veneer to confront the darkest of imaginable evils here, in the midst of my family. Through the paradox of loving parents, perfect husband, wonderful children, and one fluffy black protector poodle, my only path forward will take me to depths I cannot face.* If you enjoy tense psychological mysteries with a touch of fantasy, a whole lot of suspense, and jolting twists you don't see coming, then you will love this book. *