Childlessness, Subfertility, and Infertility in Tanzania

Bibliographic Data

ID10796959
AuthorsUlla Larsen (corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume27
Issue1
Pages18
Publication date1996-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Family Planning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2138074
PMID8677520
OpenAlexW2077646722
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited3

This study examines the trends and variations in childlessness, subfertility, and infertility in Tanzania according to data from the 1973 National Demographic Survey and the 1991-92 Demographic and Health Survey. Between the surveys, the proportion of women older than 30 who were childless was found to have declined more than 60 percent, and the proportion with an open birth interval extending for longer than five years was reduced by 40 to 50 percent in each standard five-year age group from 20 to 39. Within Tanzania, both childlessness and infertility are higher among urban than rural residents, and a substantial range prevails across eight rural zones. Finally, evidence suggests that the decline in impaired fertility has been followed by an increase in the total fertility rate. The difficulties of implementing population policies that aim simultaneously to control population growth and to improve women's health are discussed

Biology · Childlessness · Economics · Family planning · Fertility · Geography · Gynecology · Infertility · Population · Pregnancy · Research methodology · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Tanzania · Total fertility rate · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine