1. Levels and trends in infertility and childlessness • Sara Riese, ICF Macro.

2. The Impact of Childhood Mortality on Fertility in Rural Tanzania: Evidence from the Ifakara and Rufiji Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems • Colin Baynes, University of Washington; Almamy Malick Kante, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Jitihada Baraka, Ifakara Health Institute (IHI); Amon Exavery, Ifakara Health Institute (IHI); James F. Phillips, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.

3. Access to Ovulation Monitoring and Strategic Timing of Sexual Activity in a Low-Fertility Setting • Poh Lin Tan, National University of Singapore.

4. The Survival Effect on Fertility: A Decomposition of the Net Reproduction Rate (NRR) • Tianyu Shen, Australian National University; Ester Lazzari, Australian National University; Vladimir Canudas-Romo, Australian National University.

5. Traditional supports and contemporary disruptors of high fertility desires in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review • Anna Church, Ohio State University; Shibani Chettri, Ohio State University; Mobolaji Ibitoye, The Ohio State University; John B. Casterline, Ohio State University.