Refereed Articles
2023 Odd, Megan, Amir Erfani. “Homelessness in the District of Nipissing of Ontario, Canada before, at the onset and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A trend analysis (2018-2021).” BMC Public Health 23, 1388 (2023).
2023 Erfani, Amir, Kolahi, Ali-Asghar. Reasons for high prevalence of contraceptive withdrawal in Tehran, Iran. Scientific Reports 13, 10525 (2023).
2023 Babak Moeini, Amir Erfani, Majid Barati, Amin Doosti‑Irani, Hatam Hosseini, Mokhtar Soheylizad. “Development and psychometric properties of extended theory of planned behavior questionnaire for childbearing intentions and behaviors in Iran.” Korean Journal of Family Medicine 44(2):109-116.
2022 Babak Moeini, Amir Erfani, Majid Barati, Amin Doosti‑Irani, Hatam Hosseini, Mokhtar Soheylizad. “Understanding the rationales behind childbearing: a qualitative study based on extended theory of planned behavior.” Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 11:119.
2022 Erfani, Amir & Roya Jahanbakhsh. “Do spousal intimate relationships affect fertility intentions and preferences?” Journal of Family Issues, 43(4) 1117-1135.
2021 Sheidanik, Sepideh, Mitra Savabi‑Esfahani, Amir Ghamarani, Amir Erfani. “The association of psychological well-being and fertility intention in parents of children with intellectual disability: A foundation for reproductive education.” Journal of Education and Health Promotion 2021;10:13.
2021 Erfani, Amir. “Determinants of induced abortion in Tehran, Iran: the role of contraceptive failure.” European journal of contraception & reproductive health care 26(3): 233-239.
2020 Erfani, Amir, Roya Jahanbakhsh, Abdol-Hossein Kalantari. “Individualism and fertility intentions.” Journal of Population Association of Iran 15(29): 239-264.
2020 Erfani, Amir and Javad Shojaei. “Shifts in contraceptive use in the city of Tehran, Iran: 2000-2014.” Avicenna Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Care 28 (1):54-64.
2019 Shojaei, Javad and Amir Erfani. “Single-child families in Iran: trends and patterns.” Quarterly Journal of Social Sciences (Allameh Tabataba’i University), 26(85): 89-105.
2019 Erfani, Amir. “Iran’s second demographic transition and below-replacement fertility: Implications for population policies. Istanbul University Journal of Sociology 39(2), 475-478.
2019 Erfani, Amir and Javad Shojaei. “Reasons for intending to have no children in Tehran, Iran.” Community Health. 6(2):116-29.
2019 Erfani, Amir, Hatam Hosseini, and Marzieh Nojomi. “Uninteded pregnacies in Hamedan, Iran: Levels and Determinants,” Women and Health. 59(3): 318-333.
2019 Erfani, Amir. “Policy implications of cultural shifts and enduring low fertility in Iran.” Community Health. 6(2):112-15.
2018 Nasri, Sanaz, Hatam Hosseini, Amir Erfani. “Ethnic Differences in Demand for Long acting and Permanent Contraceptive Methods among Kurds and Turks Women in Urmia, Iran”. Journal of Population Association of Iran, 11(22): 83-117.
2018 Erfani, Amir and Javad Shojaei. “Living conditions and ideal number of children in Tehran, Iran”. Health Monitor (Journal of the Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research), 17(3): 307-314.
2018 Erfani, Amir and Javad Shojaei. “New Evidence on Induced Abortion in Tehran, Iran: Rates, Causes, and Changes“. The Iranian Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility, 21(3):64-77.
2018 Abachizadeh, Kambiz, Abdorreza Moradi-Kouchi, Ali Ghanbari-Motlagh, Ahmad Kousha, Reza Shekarriz-Foumani, Amir Erfani. “Breast cancer in Iran: levels, variations and correlates”. Community Health 5(1): 11-21.
2018 Erfani, Amir, Marzieh Nojomi and Hatam Hosseni. “Prolonged birth intervals in Hamedan, Iran: variations and determinants,”Journal of Biosocial Science 50(4): 457-471.
2017 Hosseni, Hatam, Amir Erfani and Marzieh Nojomi. “Factors associated with the incidence of induced abortion in Hamedan, Iran,” Archives of Iranian medicine 20(5):282 – 287.
2017 Erfani, Amir. “Low fertility intention in Tehran, Iran: The role of attitudes, norms, and perceived behavioral control,” Journal of Biosocial Science, 49(3): 292–308.
2017 Erfani, Amir. “Curbing publicly-funded family planning services in Iran: Who is affected?” Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 43(1): 37-43.
2016 Erfani, Amir and Javad Shojaei. “Proximate determinants of fertility intentions in Tehran, Iran,” Journal of Population Association of Iran 10(20): 188-211.
2016 Erfani, Amir. “Levels, Trends and Correlates of Abortion in Tehran, Iran: 2009–2014,” International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 42(2):93-101.
2015 Erfani, Amir. “Curbing family planning in Iran: an appraisal of Bill 446,” Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 41(4):317-318.
2015 Muhammad Munib Raza and Amir Erfani. “The earnings differences among second generation South Asians,” South Asian Diaspora 7(2):149-165.
2015 Erfani, Amir. “Family planning and women’s educational advancement in Iran,” Canadian Studies in Population 42(1-2):35-52.
2014 Erfani, Amir. “Localization of determinants of fertility through measurement adaptations in developing-country settings: The case of Iran” International Journal of Health Policy and Management 3(7): 413–415.
2014 Hosseini, Hatam and Amir Erfani. “Ethnic differences in the attitudes and practice of consanguineous marriage among Kurds and Turks in Uromiyeh District, Iran,”Journal of Comparative Family Studies 45(3): 389-403.
2014 Erfani, Amir and Kevin McQuillan. “The changing timing of births in Iran: An explanation on the rise and fall in fertility after the 1979 Islamic Revolution,” Biodemography and Social Biology 60:67-86.
2013 Erfani, Amir. “Fertility in Tehran City and Iran: Rates, trends and differentials (فارسی),” Population Studies 1(1): 87-107 [in Persian].
2013 Erfani, Amir. “Levels, trends, and determinants of unintended pregnancy in Iran: The role of contraceptive failures,” Studies in Family Planning 44(3): 299-317.
2012 Erfani, Amir and and İlknur Yuksel-Kaptanoglu. “The use of withdrawal among birth limiters in Iran and Turkey,” Studies in Family Planning, 43(1): 21-32.
2012 Erfani, Amir. “Factors associated with the use of withdrawal in Iran: Do fertility intentions matter?” Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 43(2):301-312.
2012 Hosseini, Hatam, Amir Erfani, Soleiman Pakseresht, and Balal Bagi. “Unmet needs for reproductive health among Kurdish women in the city of Mahabad, Iran,” Women in Development & Politics, 2(10):65-86 [in Persian]
2011 Erfani, Amir. “Induced abortion in Tehran, Iran: Estimated rates and correlates,” International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 37(3):134–142.
2009 Erfani, Amir and Roderic Beaujot. “Attitudes toward childbearing outside of marriage in Canada,” Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 40 (5):759-773.
2008 Erfani, Amir and Kevin McQuillan. “Lifetime abortion rate in Iran is estimated to be one per four women,” International Family Planning Perspectives, 34 (3): 147 [Digested by H. Hall]
2008 Erfani, Amir and Kevin McQuillan. “Rates of induced abortion in Iran: the roles of contraceptive use and religiosity,” Studies in Family Planning, 39(2):111-122.
2008 Erfani, Amir and Kevin McQuillan. “Rapid fertility decline in Iran: Analysis of intermediate variables,” Journal of Biosocial Science, 40(3): 459-478.
2006 Erfani, Amir and Roderic Beaujot. “Familial orientation and the rationales of childbearing behaviour,” Canadian Studies in Population, 33(1): 49-67.
Book Review
2013 Erfani, Amir. Review of Population and Society: An Introduction to Demography by Dudley L. Poston and Leon F. Bouvier (2010). Canadian Studies in Population 40(1-2):115-116.
2011 Erfani, Amir. Review of The Fertility Transition in Iran: Revolution and Reproduction by Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, Peter McDonald, and Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi (2009). Canadian Studies in Population , 38(1-2):203–205.
Technical Report
2016 Nojomi, Marzieh, Amir Erfani, Hatam Hosseini. Determinants of unwanted pregnancy, induced abortion, and inequality in birth intervals among married women in the city of Hamedan, Iran. Iran University of Medical Sciences: Tehran, Iran, 85 pages(Commissioned report in Persian).
2015 Erfani, Amir. Tehran Survey of Fertility, 2014: Final report. National Population Studies and Comprehensive Management Institute: Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology, Tehran, Iran, 127 pages (Commissioned report in Persian).
2013 Erfani, Amir. Tehran Survey of Fertility Intentions, 2013: Final report (فارسی). Population Studies and Research Center in Asia and Pacific: Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology, Tehran, Iran, 123 pages (Commissioned report in Persian).
2010 Erfani, Amir. Tehran Survey of Fertility, 2009. Population Studies and Research Center in Asia and Pacific, Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology: Tehran, Iran, 86 pages (Commissioned report).
Working & Discussion Papers
2012 Erfani, Amir. “The Impact of family planning on women’s educational advancement in Tehran, Iran”. International Center for Research on Women Fertility & Empowerment Working Paper Series. 008-2012-ICRW-FE. Pages 1-27.
2010 Erfani, Amir. “The use of withdrawal among birth limiters in Iran and Turkey,” DHS Working Papers No. 71. Calverton, Maryland, USA: ICF Macro.
2008 Erfani, Amir. “Abortion in Iran: what do we know?” Discussion Paper no. 08-01, Population Studies Center (PSC), University of Western Ontario.
2007 Erfani, Amir and Beaujot, Roderic. “Determinants of attitudes toward having children outside marriage,” PSC Discussion Papers Series: Vol. 21: Iss. 1, Article 1.
2005 Erfani, Amir and Beaujot, Roderic. “Familial orientations and the rationales for childbearing behaviour,” PSC Discussion Papers Series: Vol. 19: Iss. 7, Article 1.
2005 Erfani, Amir. “Shifts in social development and fertility decline in Iran: A cluster analysis of provinces, 1986-1996,” PSC Discussion Papers Series: Vol. 19: Iss. 12, Article 1.
2004 Beaujot, Roderic and Erfani, Amir. “Attitudes that differentiate alternative family sizes,” PSC Discussion Papers Series: Vol. 18: Iss. 2, Article 1.
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