Sara Yeatman

Professor
University of Colorado Denver

sara.yeatman@ucdenver.edu

Field of Study: Demography, Population and Development, Sociology
 
Specialization: Data Collection and Processing, Fertility, HIV/AIDS and STI's, Reproductive Health (Family Planning), Social Demography
 
Regional focus: United States and Canada, Western Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa
 
Education: Doctorate (Ph.D, or MD), University of Texas at Austin, Sociology, 2008
 
Working languages: English
Spanish
 
Other association membership in population or related fields: Population Association of America (PAA)


Curriculum Vitae:
Yeatman_CV_2025.pdf
Professional web page:
http://  
 
Professional Summary:

I am a social demographer with research expertise in fertility and sexual and reproductive health. At the core of my research is a desire to understand the causes and consequences of undesired and unrealized fertility. For most of my career, my research has centered on the sub-Saharan context of Malawi, where I co-led the longitudinal study, Tsogolo la Thanzi. More recently, my research has pivoted to the US and centered on changes in contraceptive access and their consequences over time, though I continue to study fertility goals and how they evolve over the life course.

 

Publications:

 Yeatman, Sara and Christie Sennott. 2024. “Fertility desires and contraceptive transition.” Population and Development Review 50[S2]:511-538. 

Yeatman, Sara, Jenny Trinitapoli, and Sarah Garver. 2020. “The enduring case for fertility desires.” Demography 57[6]:2047-2056.

Yeatman, Sara, Abdallah Chilungo, Sydney Lungu, Hazel Namadingo, and Jenny Trinitapoli. 2019. “Tsogolo la Thanzi: A longitudinal study of young adults living in Malawi’s HIV epidemic.” [Data Paper] Studies in Family Planning 50[1]: 71-84.

Trinitapoli, Jenny and Sara Yeatman. 2018. “The flexibility of fertility preferences in a context of uncertainty.” Population and Development Review 44[1]:87-116.

Yeatman, Sara, Jeffrey Eaton, Zosia Beckles, Lorna Benton, Simon Gregson, and Basia Zaba. 2016. “The impact of ART on the fertility of HIV-positive women in sub-Saharan Africa.” Tropical Medicine & International Health 21[9]:1071-1085.