Fertility and family planning in African cities

The impact of female migration

Dados Bibliográficos

ID24078255
AutoresMartin Brockerhoff (Population Council, autor correspondente)
Ano1995
Volume27
Fascículo3
Páginas347-358
Data de publicação1995-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Biosocial Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0021-9320 • E-ISSN: 1469-7599
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0021932000022872
PMID7650052
OpenAlexW2075819347
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas20
Referências citadas9

This study uses data from thirteen Demographic and Health Surveys to examine effects of female migration on fertility in African cities. Contrary to expectations, migration from villages and towns in the 1980s and 1990s reduced total fertility rates in African cities by about one birth, from an estimated average of 5·55 in the absence of migration to 4·59. New arrivals experience much lower fertility in their first few years in cities than long term residents of similar age and parity. This results from the initial unmarried status of most migrants, high levels of spousal separation among new arrivals who are married, dramatic increases in use of modern methods of contraception after 2 years in cities, and continuation of traditionally long durations of postpartum abstinence. Accomodation of additional migrants thus appears consistent with efforts to reduce fertility in cities. Moreover, prospects for increased contraceptive prevalencein Africa may depend heavily on changes in population distribution that influence the demand for children, specifically movement to cities.

Abstinence · Accommodation · Birth rate · Family planning · Fertility · Geography · Population · Research methodology · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Total fertility rate · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology