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Infecundity and subfertility among the rural population of Ethiopia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Habtemariam Tesfaghiorghis
Habtemariam Tesfaghiorghis
Affiliation:
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University, Canberra
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Summary

A 1980–81 survey of the rural population of Ethiopia found high levels of infecundity and subfertility, although there was considerable variation by region, ethnicity and age of women. Higher levels of infecundity were geographically concentrated in a broad belt that ran from the south and south-west of the country, across to the north-east. The analyses suggest that infecundity is influenced by ecological factors, more than by ethnicity.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , October 1991 , pp. 461 - 475
Copyright
Copyright © 1991, Cambridge University Press

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