This report is the third in the series of World Fertility Reports and it provides the factual basis for the analysis of reproductive behaviour worldwide. It discusses levels and trends of fertility, the timing of childbearing, marriage, contraceptive use and national policies with respect to fertility and childbearing for 196 countries or areas. The data presented are obtained from civil registration statistics, population censuses and nationally representative sample surveys. Information on national policies is obtained mainly from the responses of Governments to periodic United Nations inquiries and official sources of information on government policies and programmes. This report comes with online data and metadata on a comprehensive set of indicators on fertility, nuptiality, contraceptive use and national policies related to childbearing for 196 countries or areas.
Chapter 1. Fertility -- Chapter 2. Nuptiality and fertility -- Chapter 3. Use of contraception -- Chapter 4. Fertility and nuptiality among youth -- Annex tables.

xiii, 47 p. : graphs, tables

Includes bibliographical references (p. 39).