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Charles F. Westoff

Professor of Demographic Studies and Sociology, Emeritus. Ph.D., Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, 1953. Interests: population policy, comparative fertility in developing countries, fertility surveys,family planning.

Recent Activities

Charles Westoff presented two papers at the annual Meeting of the Population Association of America and another paper at the meeting in France of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population. He served as a referee for the electronic journal Demographic Research for the Max Planck Institute where he also presented a lecture. He continued to serve as Senior Demographic Advisor to the Demographic and Health Surveys and on the boards of the Population Resource Center and the Guttmacher Institute.

Recent Publications

Westoff, C.F. and Marshall, E. The Hispanic Fertility, Religion and Religiousness in the U.S. Population Research and Policy Review. 2009.

Westoff, C.F. A New Approach to Estimating Abortion Rates. DHS Analytical Studies No. 13. Calverton, MD. 2008.

Westoff, C.F., and Frejka, T. Religion, Religiousness and Fertility in the United States and in Europe. European Journal of Population. 24. 2008

Westoff, C.F. Recent Trends in Rates of Sexual Activity in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Biosocial Science. 39. 2007.

Westoff, C.F. and Frejka, T. Religiousness and Fertility Among European Muslims. Population and Development Review. 33. 2007.

Westoff, C.F. New Estimates of Unmet Need and the Demand for Family Planning. DHS Comparative Reports. Calverton, MD. 2006.

Westoff, C.F. Number of Children Desired: 2000-2007. DHS Comparative Reports. In Press.