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Is fertility falling in Zimbabwe?

E O Udjo1

  • 1Department of Demography, University of Botswana, Gaborone.

Journal of Biosocial Science
|January 1, 1996
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Area of Science:

  • Demography
  • Public Health
  • Sociology

Background:

  • Zimbabwe has a high contraceptive prevalence rate (43%) among married women.
  • Previous observations suggested a sharp fertility decline in recent years.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine fertility trends in Zimbabwe.
  • To analyze the impact of contraception on fertility.
  • To understand factors influencing contraceptive use.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from multiple Zimbabwe surveys.
  • Focused on birth histories from the Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey.
  • Employed multivariate analysis to assess contraception's effect on fertility.

Main Results:

  • The fertility decline in Zimbabwe is modest, not sharp.
  • The decline is primarily concentrated among high-order births.
  • Multivariate analysis revealed no statistically significant effect of contraception on fertility.

Conclusions:

  • Pronatalist attitudes in Zimbabwe contribute to low contraceptive uptake among women of reproductive age.
  • The observed fertility decline may be influenced by factors other than widespread contraceptive use.
Keywords:
AfricaAfrica South Of The SaharaContraceptionContraceptive PrevalenceContraceptive UsageDemographic And Health SurveysDemographic FactorsDemographic SurveysDeveloping CountriesEastern AfricaEnglish Speaking AfricaFamily PlanningFertilityFertility DeclinePopulationPopulation DynamicsResearch ReportZimbabwe

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