%0 Journal Article %@ 1728-4457 %A Keyfitz, N. %D 1986 %F iiasa:13645 %I Wiley-Blackwell %J Population and Development Review %N supp %P 139-154 %T The family that does not reproduce itself. %U https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/13645/ %V 12 %X It is easy to invent models that will account for the low level of births in the late 20th century including earlier ignorance of birth control; high women's wages; and female liberation. All these assertions are true, and so also are other considerations. The interplay of causes is what now needs study.