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Validating the self-reported fertility status of rural Malawian women

Article Abstract:

The study is conducted using the data from a population-based survey to examine the fertility schedules of 704 women in rural district of Malawi with the objective to assess self-reported fecundity status as a measure of fertility impairment. The results reveal that women with self-reported fecundity difficulties are older at each birth and have longer median birth intervals than do women with no reported difficulties.

Science & research, Malawi, Malawians

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They also serve: Chamorro male fertility in the pre-World War II period

Article Abstract:

Studies of the reproductive life of Chamorro males living in Guam in 1941 showed males exhibiting low levels of infertility and high levels of male mortality. However, fertile couples who failed to reproduce had an equal or greater impact on the population than the male mortality rate, while new unions following the death of female partners reduced fertility by approximately one child.

Social aspects, Guam

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Normal masticatory function of girls and young women: mandibular masticatory movements

Article Abstract:

Mandibular masticatory movements were evaluated in a sample of young girls and women given gum to chew for 20 seconds. The study evaluated the timing and the excursions of the four phases of the masticatory cycle. The study was made to determine age-related differences during each phase of the cycle or in the mandibular excursions during the phases.

Mastication

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