附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Diffusion processes and fertility transition: introduction -- 2. Potatoes and pills: an overview of innovation-diffusion contributions to explanations of fertility decline -- 3. Diffusion in sociological analysis -- 4. Social interactions and fertility transitions -- 5. Social processes and fertility change -- 6. Learning and using new ideas: a sociocognitive perspective -- 7. Mass media and fertility change -- 8. Ready, willing, and able: a conceptualization of transitions to new behavioral forms.