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Pre-Marital Fertility in Liberia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Nicholas J. Parr
Nicholas J. Parr
Affiliation:
Demographic Research Group, School of Economic and Financial Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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Summary

This analysis of the 1986 Liberia Demographic and Health Survey data finds remarkably high fertility levels among women who have never married or lived with a man, reflecting widespread pre-marital sex and a lack of use of contraception. It is found that single Liberian women are more likely to foster out children than married Liberian women of the same age.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 1 - 10
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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