Role of Conflict in Shaping Fertility Preferences in Rwanda
Afr. pop.stud
; 27(2): 105-117, 2013.
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in English
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Conflicts affect the social and economic conditions that could account for the stall in fertility decline in Sub-Saharan Africa. For Rwanda; the total fertility rate decreased very rapidly to 6.1 in the eighties but stalled at that level in the nineties. Part of the stall can be attributed to a lack of fertility control; but the question is whether social upheaval also affects fertility preferences. We identify three mechanisms through which the Rwanda conflict have led to a preference for larger families mortality experience; modernization and the attitudes of third parties. Using data from DHS; we tested the contribution of these mechanisms to the preference for small; medium or large families. With the exception of sibling mortality; there is a strong impact of these mechanisms on the preference for large families; yet they do not fully account for the shifts in preferences over the years
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AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Family Characteristics
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Birth Rate
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Fertility
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Ethnic Violence
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Afr. pop.stud
Year:
2013
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Article
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