Jane Menken

Jane Ava Menken
Born
Golubitsky

1939 (age 86–87)
Education
  • A.B., Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania (1960)
  • M.S., Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Harvard University (1962)
  • Ph.D., Sociology and Demography, Princeton University (1975)
Occupations
  • Professor
  • statistician
  • researcher
Notable work
  • Mathematical Models of Conception and Birth(1973)
  • Natural Fertility (1979), Teenage Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing (1981)
  • World Population and U.S. Policy: The Choices Ahead (1986)
  • Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa (2006)

Jane Menken (born 1939), née Golubitsky, is an American sociologist and demographer known for her work in sociology in public and international affairs, population studies, social statistics.

Menken has published a co-authored book Mathematical Models of Conception and Birth(1973), and is co-editor of Natural Fertility (1979), Teenage Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing (1981), World Population and U.S. Policy: The Choices Ahead (1986), and Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa (2006). In addition, Menken was a founding member of the editorial board of two academic journals in the demography discipline: Demographic Research and Southern African Journal of Demography.

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