1. Diffusion Theory in Sub-Saharan Africa: Economic Development, Family Planning Knowledge, and Contraceptive Use at the Subnational Level • Jaclyn Butler , Pennsylvania State University.

2. Geographic Variation in Nordic Fertility Decline • Nicholas Campisi , University of St Andrews; Hill Kulu, University of St Andrews; Julia Mikolai, University of St Andrews; Mikko Myrskyla, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.

3. Determining Factors in the Historical Decline in Marital Fertility in Italy • Alberto Veira, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid; Jesús J. Sánchez-Barricarte , Carlos III University of Madrid (Spain).

4. Linking Fertility Preferences and Unintended Birth Outcomes to Fertility Stalls in Kenya, Namibia, and Zimbabwe • David A. Sánchez-Páez , Universidad de Valladolid; Bruno D. Schoumaker, Universite catholique de Louvain (UCL).

5. Reflecting on the Past: Long-Term Spatial Persistence of Fertility Behaviour from the First to the Second Demographic Transition in England and Wales • Stephanie Thiehoff , University of Southampton; Hinde Andrew, University of Southampton; Brienna Perelli-Harris, University of Southampton; Agnese Vitali, University of Trento.