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Offspring: Human Fertility Behavior in Biodemographic Perspective
Puberty, 49 , 118-119 , 260-288 , 295
see also Adolescence and adolescents
adrenal gland, 119 , 262 , 265 , 266 , 269 , 270 , 271 , 273 , 277 , 278
adrenarche, 119 , 265 , 266 , 267 , 271 , 279 , 301
age at, 21 , 23 , 119 , 126 , 153 , 158 , 262 , 274
energetics, 266-267 , 268 , 296 , 298
estrogen, 111 , 119 , 263-264
evolutionary issues, 260-261 , 268 , 277
family formation and, 119 , 262
gonadarche, 264 , 265 , 266 , 295
gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), 116
growth spurt, 11 , 144 , 261 , 264-266 , 267 , 268 , 296 , 298 , 300
hypothalamus, 118 , 264 , 266 , 267 , 269 , 270
menarche, 11 , 49 , 118 , 124 , 266 , 298
baboon life histories, 144 , 147 , 153
neural factors, 118 , 263-264 , 268-279
pituitary gland, 118 , 264 , 266 , 267 , 269 , 274
primate studies, 261 , 264-265 , 279
racial/ethnic factors, 274
sociocultural factors, 275-276
stress, 122-124 , 126 , 276
testosterone, 117 , 118-119 , 261 , 263-264 , 266-267 , 270-278 (passim)
twin studies, 23
Public health, see Medical care services
Q
Quality vs. quantity, 12-13 , 14 , 50 , 147-148 , 149 , 150 , 162 , 172 , 184 , 201-202 , 323-338
R
Racial/ethnic factors, 32
behavioral genetics, 19 , 24 , 32 , 46-47
family size, 19 , 208-209
pregnancy, age at first, 205
pubertal timing, 274
twin studies, 24
Rational choice models, 12 , 48 , 322-338
Regression analysis, 55-56 , 186 , 187 , 236-237
Risk taking, 11 , 15 , 22 , 34-35 , 190 , 268 , 272-273
S
Sampling
see also Cohort studies
adoptee studies, 28
hormonal effects on sexual behavior, 115-116
twin studies, 23-25 , 27-28
Schizophrenia, 18 , 22 , 26 , 28
School experiences, 6 , 209-210
Secondary sexual characteristics, 111-112 , 117 , 118 , 119 , 120 , 123 , 124 , 268-269 , 296 , 301 , 349
age factors, 111-112 , 117
hair, 111 , 117 , 118 , 119
parental investment and, 178
Sedentism, 187
Semen, see Sperm and semen
Sex differences, see Gender factors;
Hormonal processes;
Secondary sexual characteristics
Sexual behavior, 49 , 92 , 99-100 , 340 , 347-350
adolescents, 52 , 118-119 , 261-279 (passim)
age factors, general, 4 , 19 , 49 , 52 , 117 , 119
attitudes and beliefs about, 115-116 , 252
baboon life histories, 147
behavioral genetics, 18 , 19 , 33 , 341
coevolution, sexually antagonistic, 11 , 29 , 224-252 (passim)
contraception and contraceptives, 1 , 3 , 7 , 13 , 29 , 105 , 120-121 , 240
desire and, 8 , 13 , 16 , 49 , 119 , 209
drugs, effect on, 106 , 108
economic theories, 48
evolutionary anthropology, 195 , 341
hormonal influences, 35 , 94-95 , 98-99 , 104 , 105 , 113-119 (passim), 121 , 261-279 (passim)
life history theory, 147 , 302
menstrual cycle, 115 , 116 , 236 , 237-239
neurochemistry of, 99-100
parent-child bonding and, 16
promiscuity, 34
