The proximate determinants of fertility and birth intervals in Egypt

The proximate determinants of fertility and birth intervals in Egypt: an application of calendar data

In this paper we use calendar data from the 2000 Egyptian Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) to assess the determinants of birth interval length among women who are in union. We make use of the well-known model of the proximate determinants of fertility, and take advantage of the fact that the DHS calendar data provide month-bymonth data on contraceptive use, breastfeeding and post-partum amen...

Proximate determinants of fertility and reproductive health

The dramatic decline in mortality rates during the nineteenth century put the countries of the world into an imbalanced stage of demographic transition. Developed societies adopted fertility control methods and achieved a balance in their annual rate of population growth, whilst developing countries and traditional societies are still confronted with the following serious hazards: 1. Poor healt...

The Proximate Determinants during the Fertility Transition

Fertility has declined very markedly in the majority of developing countries over the past thirty to forty years, and it continues to decline almost everywhere. As a result, fertility has reached very low levels in many countries. In addition, currently more than 40 per cent of the world’s population lives in countries with total fertility levels lower than 2.1 children per woman, the level tha...

Contributions of Proximate Determinants to Fertility Transition in Bangladesh: An Analysis of Bongaarts’ Fertility Model

Introduction: Fertility transition is outright by prime four proximate determinants (marriage, contraception, postpartum infecundability, and abortion). The present study examines the contributions of proximate determinants on fertility decline and quantifies inhibiting the effect of major proximate determinants according to the socioeconomic characteristics in Bangladesh.<br /...

Birth intervals and fertility decline in Africa “Birth intervals and fertility in Africa”