Refining the criteria for stalled fertility declines: an application to rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 1990-2005
Moultrie, Tom A., Hosegood, Victoria, McGrath, Nuala, Hill, Caterina, Herbst, Kobus and Newell, Marie-Louise (2008) Refining the criteria for stalled fertility declines: an application to rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 1990-2005. Studies in Family Planning, 39, (1), 39-48. (doi:10.1111/j.1728-4465.2008.00149.x) (PMID:18540522)
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Stalled fertility declines have been identified in several regions across the developing world, but the current conceptualization of a stalled fertility decline is poorly theorized and does not lend itself to objective measurement. We propose a more rigorous and statistically testable definition of stalled fertility decline that can be applied to time-series data. We then illustrate the utility of our definition through its application to data from rural South Africa for the period 1990-2005 collected from a demographic surveillance site. Application of the approach suggests that fertility decline has indeed stalled in rural KwaZulu-Natal, at about three children per woman. The stall, some 20 percent above the replacement fertility level, does not appear to be associated with a rise in wanted fertility or attenuated access to contraceptive methods. This identification of a stalled fertility decline provides the first evidence of such a stall in southern Africa, the region with the lowest fertility levels in sub-Saharan Africa.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSN: | 0039-3665 (print) 1728-4465 (electronic) |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HA Statistics H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Social Sciences |
| ePrint ID: | 184649 |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/184649 |
| Deposited On: | 06 May 2011 11:25 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 09:01 |
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