Trends in South African fertility between 1970 and 1998 An analysis of the 1996 Census and the 1998 Demographic and Health Survey
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The South African fertility decline: Evidence from two censuses and a Demographic and Health Survey.
Inadequate data and apartheid policies have meant that, until recently, most demographers have not had the opportunity to investigate the level of, and trend in, the fertility of South African women. The 1996 South Africa Census and the 1998 Demographic and Health Survey provide the first widely available and nationally representative demographic data on South Africa since 1970. Using these dat...
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