Volume 1, Part 1, Pages 1-643 (1997) Edited by: Mark R. Rosenzweig and Oded Stark ISBN: 978-0-444-82645-9 Introduction to the series Contents of the handbook Preface to the handbook Chapter 1 Introduction: Population and family economics Part I: The Family Chapter 2 A survey of theories of the family Chapter 3 The formation and dissolution of families: Why marry? Who marries whom? And what happens upon divorce Chapter 4 Intrahousehold distribution and the family Chapter 5 Intergenerational and interhousehold economic links Part II: Fertility Chapter 6 The cost of children and the use of demographic variables in consumer demand Chapter 7 The economics of fertility in developed countries Chapter 8 Demand for children in low income countries Part III: Mortality and Health Chapter 9 New findings on secular trends in nutrition and mortality: Some implications for population theory Chapter 10 Determinants and consequences of the mortality and health of infants and children Chapter 11 Mortality and morbidity among adults and the elderly Index to volumes 1A and 1B