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The female menstrual cycle is inherently complex and there is great diversity in the hormonal profiles that maintain and govern the seemingly normal female reproductive cycle. Female sex hormones are linked to a breadth of physiological and psychological health mechanisms, yet t…

This dissertation is composed of three essays examining different facets of demography, ranging from an issue affecting infant mortality and two issues affecting fertility. The first paper is an assessment of the role of cousin marriage in infant mortality. Previous studies indi…

Breastfeeding provides more than 98% protection from pregnancy in the first six months postpartum when a woman is amenorrheic and fully or nearly fully breastfeeding. The application of this principle for contraception is called the Lactational Amenorrhea Method or LAM. Three di…