the poorest, and this translates to a slow decline in the national-level total fertility rate. We find that breastfeeding … periods are generally declining, putting upward pressure on the fertility rate. Contraceptive use is increasing, particularly …The rate of fertility decline has been slow in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Using the Demographic and Health Surveys for …

Early fertility is a key barrier to female human capital attainment in sub-Saharan Africa, yet contraceptive take …-up remains puzzlingly low, even among educated populations with healthcare access. We study a barrier to hormonal contraceptive … trial with female undergraduates at the flagship university in Zambia to test two interventions to increase contraceptive …

Despite the recent economic growth in many countries on the African continent, the region has seen a slow fertility … transition. In this study, we explore whether the lack of structural economic change can explain this slow fertility transition … to analyze the driving forces of fertility transitions across low- and middle-income countries. Our results confirm that …

dissolution as well as fertility among immigrants, and examines the evidence collected from the main studies in the area. The … the host country. With regard to marriage we focus on the determinants of intermarriage, the stability of these unions … may explain the fertility behavior of first generation immigrants; namely, selection, disruption and adaptation. The …

dissolution as well as fertility among immigrants, and examines the evidence collected from the main studies in the area … the host country. With regard to marriage we focus on the determinants of intermarriage, the stability of these unions … may explain the fertility behavior of first generation immigrants; namely, selection, disruption and adaptation. The …

dissolution as well as fertility among immigrants, and examine the evidence collected from the main studies in the area. With … regard to marriage we focus on the determinants of intermarriage, the stability of these unions, and the timing of union … formation. Marriage propensities are embedded in the cultural background of migrants and, hence, the capacity to form and …

for fertility decline and eventually sustained economic development. In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the HIV/AIDS epidemic …-term positive trend in life expectancies. Despite the fact that SSA as a whole is suffering a delayed and slow fertility transition … compared to other world's regions, and despite evidence for halting or even reverting fertility decline in countries with …

fertility transition has not much advanced in most countries in that region. We explore whether the lack of structural change … can explain this slow transition. For this end, we analyze the determinants of fertility transitions across the developing … driver of the fertility transition. Our results indicate that higher education of women, female employment in non …

for fertility decline and eventually sustained economic development. In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the HIV/AIDS epidemic …-term positive trend in life expectancies. Despite the fact that SSA as a whole is suffering a delayed and slow fertility transition … compared to other world's regions, and despite evidence for halting or even reverting fertility decline in countries with …

Despite the recent economic growth in many countries on the African continent, the region has seen a slow fertility … transition. In this study, we explore whether the lack of structural economic change can explain this slow fertility transition … to analyze the driving forces of fertility transitions across low- and middle-income countries. Our results confirm that …