Westoff, Charles F.

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WESTOFF, Charles F.

WESTOFF, Charles F. American, b. 1927. Genres: Demography. Career: Professor of Demographic Studies and Sociology, since 1962, and Director of Office of Population Research, 1974-92, Princeton University, New Jersey (Research Associate, 1955-62; Chairman, Dept. of Sociology, 1965-70). Sr. Technical Adviser, Demographic Health Surveys, 1984-. Research Associate, Milbank Memorial Fund, NYC, 1953-55; Associate Professor of Sociology, New York University, 1958-62; Executive Director, Commission on Population Growth and the American Future, Washington, D.C., 1970-72. President, Population Association of America, 1974-75; Chairman, National Committee for Research on the 1980 Census, 1980. Publications: Family Growth in Metropolitan America, 1961; The Third Child, 1963; College Women and Fertility Values, 1967; The Later Years of Childbearing, 1970; Reproduction in the U.S.: 1965, 1971; From Now to Zero, 1971; The Contraceptive Revolution, 1977; Childbearing Attitudes and Intentions, 1995; Unmet Need: 1990- 1994, 1995; Replacement of Abortion by Contraception, 1998. EDITOR: Aspects of Population Growth Policy, 1972; Demographic and Social Aspects of Population Growth, 1972; Toward the End of Growth, 1973. Address: Office of Population Research, 251 Wallace Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]

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