Thursday, March 31 / 3:30 PM - 5:20 PM   •   Thurgood Marshall South

Session 57:
Infertility and Childlessness

Chair: Elizabeth H. Stephen, Georgetown University
Discussant: Ulla Larsen, Ibis Reproductive Health

  1. The Measurement of Infecundity with Survey Data: Strategies and Implications • John B. Casterline, Ohio State University ; Sarah E. K. Bradley, Macro International Inc. ; Trevor N. Croft, Macro International Inc. ; Colin Odden, Ohio State University

  2. Variation in Distress among Infertile Women: Evidence from a Population-Based Sample • Arthur Greil, Alfred University ; Julia McQuillan, University of Nebraska at Lincoln ; Karina M. Shreffler, Oklahoma State University

  3. Double Standards: A Cross-European Study on Differences in Norms on Voluntary Childlessness for Men and Women • Arieke J. Rijken, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) ; Eva-Maria Merz, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)

  4. Infertility among Indian Women: Emerging Evidence and Need for Policy Measures • Niharika Tripathi, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

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