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Fertility decline in Tanzania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Akim J. Mturi  and
P. R. Andrew Hinde
Akim J. Mturi
Affiliation:
Department of Social Statistics, University of Southampton
P. R. Andrew Hinde
Affiliation:
Department of Social Statistics, University of Southampton
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Summary

According to the 1991/92 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey, a Tanzanian woman has, on average, 6·1 births before she reaches age 50, a decline of about one birth per woman since the early 1980s. The major proximate determinant of fertility is universal and prolonged breastfeeding. An analysis of the social and demographic correlates of fertility shows that infant and child mortality, level of education and age at first marriage are among the factors which significantly influence fertility in Tanzania.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , October 1994 , pp. 529 - 538
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Copyright © 1994, Cambridge University Press

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