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The World Fertility Survey

An Assessment

The World Fertility Survey( )
Author: Cleland, John
Scott, Chris
As told to: Whitelegge, David
ISBN:978-0-19-828525-0
Publication Date:Nov 1987
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $150.00
Book Description:

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...
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Book Details
Pages:1080
Detailed Subjects: Medical / Reproductive Medicine & Technology
Social Science / Research
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.44 x 9.5 x 2.227 Inches
Book Weight:3.316 Pounds
Author Biography
Cleland, John (Author)
Born in London, England in 1709, John Cleland studied at Westminster School. After working and traveling abroad, Cleland wrote the book that has made him notoriously famous to this day. The novel, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, also known as Fanny Hill, details the life and loves of a prostitute in 18th century London. A bestseller in its time, Fanny Hill has been heavily censored by various establishments since its inception.

In 1749, Cleland was arraigned and reprimanded by the Privy Council in London for his literary obscenity. As a punishment, Cleland was ordered to pay 100 pounds annually and promise not to repeat the offense again. In the early 1960s the highest courts in New Jersey and Massachusetts declared the erotica novel obscene, but on appeal the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the judgments and cleared the book for publication.

Cleland, who also spent time studying Celtic philosophy and dramaturgy, died in 1789 at the age of 80.

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