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Demographic assessment and adjustment of census age distribution in selected West African Countries
Context/background: Despite the public acknowledgment of improvement in sub-Saharan African censuses and surveys in the recent time, the quality of …
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Cohort analysis of adolescent first birth timing and births progression in West-Africa
Context/Background: Adolescent Childbearing is an important factor sustaining high; fertility, childhood mortality and maternal mortality in West-Africa. We examined cohort …
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Multilevel analysis of male fertility behaviour in Nigeria
Context/Background: Fertility level in Nigeria remains high and currently, it stagnating at about six children per woman. Demographic literature had …
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Impacts socio-économiques des inégalités de genre sur la fécondité à Ouagadougou : éclairage à partir des donnees de l’observatoire de population de Ouagadougou
Contexte : Parmi les facteurs de la fécondité élevée en Afrique Sub-saharienne, on met souvent en avant les inégalités de …
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Under-age marital childbirth in north-west Nigeria: implications for child health.
Context/Background: Under-age marital birth is high in northern Nigeria. We explore the association between under-age marital childbirth and child health …
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Family type, ethnicity and under-five mortality in Nigeria
Background: High rate of under-five mortality (UFM) in Nigeria is an impediment to national development. This study examined the influence …
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Household structure and living arrangements among older persons in selected West Africa Countries: evidence from demographic and health surveys
Background: Older persons’ living arrangements are currently major development discourses across Africa. With the increasing family nucleation, weakening traditional ties …
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Decision making autonomy and fertility behaviour among currently married women in Nigeria.
Background: Decision-making autonomy as a component of women’s status is a less studied indicator of fertility behaviour in Nigeria.Data and …
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Is technical demography becoming less relevant? Two decade review of published articles in selected demography journals
Background: In this paper, we reviewed development in the field of technical demography and empirically demonstrate that there has been …
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Effect of HIV/AIDS on fertility: historical evidence from South Africa’s women educators
Context/Background: The HIV/AIDS epidemic remains a public health challenge. Globally, South Africa ranks second in HIV prevalence and has the …
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Spatial analysis of child mortality and welfare differentials in South Africa: evidences from the 2011 Census
Background: Welfare differential is a common phenomenon among South African population which can be manifested in terms of various economic …
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Age schedules of intra-provincial migration in Kenya
Background: Migration today is a complex process determined by inter-related historical, geographical, economic, sociological and political factors. There are linkages …
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Internal migration and unmet need for family planning in Cotonou, Benin Republic
Context/Background: Evidence shows that addressing the unmet need for FP of vulnerable groups such as rural-to-urban migrants is another alternative …
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The demographic transition in the Democratic Republic of Congo: facts and challenges to reach a demographic dividend.
Background: The channels linking the demographic and economic situation of a population are numerous. We focus on the process of …
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A comparative study of fertility preferences of Nigerian female migrants and non-migrants in Benin City, Nigeria.
Context/Background: Whereas a large body of literature has already focused on fertility and migration at destination area, relatively few studies …
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Impact of internal migration on fertility in Cotonou, Benin Republic
Context/Background: In developing countries, fertility is usually higher in rural than urban areas. This is partly due to lower access …
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Too young to be a wife! analysis of the factors influencing child marriages and its influence on the preferred number of children among women in Zambia.
Context/Background: Zambia has one of the highest rates of child marriages in the world. This study sought to establish the …
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GIS in pre-census mapping of sampled rural and urban localities in Enugu north and south constituency: A sustainable pathway for census planning in Enugu State.
Background: The recurring inaccuracy in census figures is attriutable to the lacuna in pre-census mapping. Data Source and Method: Geographic …
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University of Nigeria Nsukka research and post-2015 development agenda
This Special Issue of African Population Studies/Etude de la Population Africaine brings together current research of faculty members at the …
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Regional Variations and Determinants of Physical Intimate Partner Violence in Nigeria
Background: In spite of the need to prevent and mitigate varying occurrences of physical intimate partner violence (IPV) in different …