Is fertility falling in Zimbabwe?

Datos Bibliográficos

ID24077331
AutoresEric O Udjo (0000-0002-2881-4597, University of Botswana, autor de correspondencia)
Año1996
Volumen28
Número1
Páginas25-35
Fecha de publicación1996-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Biosocial Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0021-9320 • E-ISSN: 1469-7599
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0021932000022069
PMID8690741
OpenAlexW2102039827
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas2

With an unequalled contraceptive prevalence rate in sub-Saharan Africa, of 43% among currently married women in Zimbabwe, the Central Statistical Office (1989) observed that fertility has declined sharply in recent years. Using data from several surveys on Zimbabwe, especially the birth histories of the Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey, this study examines fertility trends in Zimbabwe. The results show that the fertility decline in Zimbabwe is modest and that the decline is concentrated among high order births. Multivariate analysis did not show a statistically significant effect of contraception on fertility, partly because a high proportion of Zimbabwean women in the reproductive age group never use contraception due to prevailing pronatalist attitudes in the country.

Birth rate · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Family planning · Fertility · Geography · Population · Research methodology · Sociology · Total fertility rate · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Medicine