1. The effect of birth intention status on maternal and child outcomes in 59 low- and middle-income countries: A fixed effects analysis • Heini Väisänen, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Ewa Batyra, Center for Demographic Studies (CED) and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR).

2. Realization of short-term fertility intentions in a comparative perspective: Which macro-level conditions matter? • Zsolt Speder, Hungarian Demographic Research Institute, Budapest.

3. Fertility preferences in China in the 21st Century • Rui LU, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI); Anne H. Gauthier, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI); Gert Stulp, University of Groningen.

4. Socioeconomic development predicts a weaker contraceptive effect of breastfeeding • Nicolas Todd, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS); Mathias Lerch, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne (epfl-eth).