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, th...
Although fertility in sub-Saharan Africa has decreased since the 1980s, it remains at high levels ma...
Between the mid-1990s and the early part of the new century, the total fertility rate in Eritrea dec...
A number of prominent demographers have recently reiterated the argument that a lasting mortality de...
Conflicts affect the social and economic conditions that could account for the stall in fertility de...
The fertility transition of Rwanda stagnated between 1992 and 2005 at a total fertility rate (TFR) o...
Rwanda experienced genocide from April to July 1994 during which over 800,000 people were murdered. ...
After having stalled in the 1990s, fertility in Rwanda resumed its downward trajectory between 2005 ...
Our study analyzes the fertility effects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. We study the effects of vio...
Our study analyzes the fertility effects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. We study the effects of vio...
This paper analyzes the effects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda on fertility outcomes. We study the e...
How does exposure to genocide affect nuptiality and fertility among the surviving population? Genoci...
Although fertility in sub-Saharan Africa has decreased since the 1980s, it remains at high levels ma...
This thesis investigates the relationship between violent conflicts and sexual and reproductive heal...
A common explanation for the high fertility prevailing in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a widespread d...
In 2007 Rwanda launched a campaign to promote 3 children families and a program of community based h...
Although fertility in sub-Saharan Africa has decreased since the 1980s, it remains at high levels ma...
Between the mid-1990s and the early part of the new century, the total fertility rate in Eritrea dec...
A number of prominent demographers have recently reiterated the argument that a lasting mortality de...
Conflicts affect the social and economic conditions that could account for the stall in fertility de...
The fertility transition of Rwanda stagnated between 1992 and 2005 at a total fertility rate (TFR) o...
Rwanda experienced genocide from April to July 1994 during which over 800,000 people were murdered. ...
After having stalled in the 1990s, fertility in Rwanda resumed its downward trajectory between 2005 ...
Our study analyzes the fertility effects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. We study the effects of vio...
Our study analyzes the fertility effects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. We study the effects of vio...
This paper analyzes the effects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda on fertility outcomes. We study the e...
How does exposure to genocide affect nuptiality and fertility among the surviving population? Genoci...
Although fertility in sub-Saharan Africa has decreased since the 1980s, it remains at high levels ma...
This thesis investigates the relationship between violent conflicts and sexual and reproductive heal...
A common explanation for the high fertility prevailing in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a widespread d...
In 2007 Rwanda launched a campaign to promote 3 children families and a program of community based h...
Although fertility in sub-Saharan Africa has decreased since the 1980s, it remains at high levels ma...
Between the mid-1990s and the early part of the new century, the total fertility rate in Eritrea dec...
A number of prominent demographers have recently reiterated the argument that a lasting mortality de...