Is fertility falling in Zimbabwe?

Bibliographic Data

ID24077331
AuthorsEric O Udjo (0000-0002-2881-4597, University of Botswana, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume28
Issue1
Pages25-35
Publication date1996-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Biosocial Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-9320 • E-ISSN: 1469-7599
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0021932000022069
PMID8690741
OpenAlexW2102039827
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited2

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