Volume 58, Number 1 Vol. 58, 2003/1 - pagesPages 9 to 42The Local Family CircleBy Catherine Bonvalet, translated by Yolande ObadiaPages 43 to 66Trajectories of Extreme Survival in Heterogeneous PopulationsBy Elisabetta Barbi, Graziella Caselli, Jacques VallinPages 67 to 96Permanent Celibacy and Late Marriage in the Netherlands, 1890-1960By Theo Engelen, Jan KokPages 97 to 130The Novelty of an Old Genre: Louis Henry and the Founding of Historical DemographyBy Paul-André Rosental, translated by Jonathan MandelbaumPages 133 to 144Sex Preferences for Children Revisited: New Evidence from GermanyBy Karsten Hank, Hans-Peter Kohler