title: Latin America: how a region surprised the experts.
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authors.lastname: De Sherbinin
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001723:Birth Rate; D017691:Caribbean Region; D003267:Contraception; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005298:Fertility; D005843:Geography; D006285:Health Planning; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D007843:Latin America; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008136:Longevity; D008393:Marriage; D009026:Mortality; D009656:North America; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D011640:Public Policy; D012922:Social Change; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Americas; Birth Rate; Caribbean; Contraception; Contraceptive Prevalence--changes; Contraceptive Usage; Critique; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Family Planning; Family Planning Programs; Fertility; Fertility Decline; Fertility Measurements; Fertility Rate; Geographic Factors; Latin America; Length Of Life; Life Expectancy; Marriage; Marriage Age--changes; Marriage Patterns; Modernization; Mortality; Needs; North America; Nuptiality; Policy; Political Factors; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Growth--changes; Population Policy; Social Change; Social Policy; Socioeconomic Factors; Spatial Distribution; Total Fertility Rate--changes; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization