title: [Introduction:  the demographic transition in the 1980s].
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mier Y Teran
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Rabell
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001723:Birth Rate; D003267:Contraception; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004651:Employment; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005298:Fertility; D006280:Health Workforce; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007843:Latin America; D008800:Mexico; D009026:Mortality; D009656:North America; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics
keywords: Americas; Contraception; Contraceptive Usage; Demographic Factors; Demographic Transition; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Family Planning; Fertility; Fertility Decline; Human Resources; Infant Mortality--changes; Labor Force--women; Latin America; Mexico; Mortality--changes; North America; Political Factors; Population; Population Dynamics