Is fertility stalling in Jordan?

Most of the recent literature on fertility stall has concentrated on sub-Saharan Africa and has highlighted flaws in DHS data. This paper is the first to study an apparent fertility stall in Jordan, using five DHS, and to carry out a rigorous three-stage analysis to assess its genuineness. The analysis demonstrates that not only is the stall real and not due to data errors, but it is also one of the longest lasting recently assessed. This suggests the need for further research on similar stalls in neighbouring countries and in-depth investigations on their proximate and ultimate determinants.