Session 7:
Status, Patterns and Determinants of Fertility Transitions
Chair: Marilyn Setlalentoa, North-West University, South Africa
Discussant: William Muhwava, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
Trends in fertility change by socioeconomic status in Africa: the case of East and Central African countries Alfred Otieno Agwanda, University of Nairobi ; Anne Khasakhala, University of Nairobi ; George O. Odwe, University of Nairobi ; Hilbert Omamo, University of Nairobi
Fertility in Lesotho: analysis of change over time based on parity-dependent measures and birth intervals Ntsoaki Mapetla, National University of Lesotho ; Tom A. Moultrie, University of Cape Town
Women's education, infant and child mortality, and fertility decline in urban and rural sub-Saharan Africa: a quantitative assessment David Shapiro, Pennsylvania State University ; Michel Tenikue, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
Trends in age at marriage and fertility transition in Africa: what connections? Tendances de l’âge au mariage et transition de la fécondité en Afrique Véronique Hertrich, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)
Évolution et Tendance de la Fécondité au Burkina Faso: Fécondité en baisse ou en stagnation? Belemwidougou Eliane Marie Ester, Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population (ISSP)
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