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1. Fertility analysis: inventory and appraisal.- 2. Study design and sample.- 3. Ideal, desired and expected family size.- 4. Family size by religion.- 5. Family size by socio-economic status.- 6. The timing of births.- 7. Contraception.- 8. Involuntary limitations on fecundity.- 9. Family building and family size: multivariate analyses.- 10. Analytic and prognostic inference of changing family planning behaviour.- 11. Summary and discussion.- Glossary of symbols.- Annex.