1. Fertility control in the classical world: Was there an ancient fertility transition?

   • John C. Caldwell

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 17

2. Shortage of girls in China today

   • Judith Banister

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 45

3. A demographic history of the Indo-Dutch population, 1930–2001

   • Evert van Imhoff
   • Gijs Beets

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 72

4. Clustering to reduce regional heterogeneity: A spanish case-study

   • Cristina Rueda Sabater
   • Pedro C. Alvarez Esteban
   • Ana López Díez

   OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 93

5. Spline interpolation for demographic variables: The monotonicity problem

   • Len Smith
   • Rob J. Hyndman
   • Simon N. Wood

   OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 98

6. Book reviews

   • John Goldlust
   • Ann Larson
   • Natalie Jackson

   BookReview Pages: 99 - 105