Contraceptive use and fertility transitions: The distinctive experience of sub-Saharan Africa
Aisha Dasgupta, Mark C. Wheldon, Vladimíra Kantorová, Philipp Ueffing
Abstract
Continued rapid population growth in sub-Saharan Africa is driven predominantly by high fertility. Contraceptive use was a key determinant of past fertility transitions. An analysis of this relationship in sub-Saharan Africa can yield a better understandin
Topics & Concepts
FertilityPopulationDemographyGeographyYield (engineering)Family planningPopulation growthDemographic transitionSocioeconomicsResearch methodologySociologyMaterials scienceMetallurgyGlobal Health Care IssuesGlobal Maternal and Child HealthInsurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management