This article examines the relationship between female schooling and two behaviors—
cumulative fertility and contraceptive use—in fourteen Sub-Saharan African countries where …

This study presents an assessment of fertility trends in 23 countries of sub-Saharan Africa. It
examines trends and differentials in proximate determinants and fertility preferences …

In 1980 Caldwell hypothesized that the time of the onset of the fertility transition in
developing countries would be linked with the achievement of “mass formal schooling.” This …

Résumé Consacrée à l'Afrique au Sud du Sahara (48 pays, 730 millions d'habitants), cette
chroni-que propose à la fois une synthèse des grands changements sociodémographiques …

▪ Abstract African society is quite distinct in both its relationship to the rest of the world and its
history. Africa seems beset by a myriad of crises, from famines, to civil wars, to economic …

Past demographic transitions have beenobserved with and without economic progress, but
thereis little empirical record of crisis-driven fertilitytransitions. In recent years, several …

The role of culture in determining demographic behavior in sub-Saharan Africa has attracted
increasing attention. But in theorizing about" culture," demographers have tended to draw on …

Целью настоящей монографии является систематическое изучение текущей
демографической ситуации в странах Тропической Африки, степени и механизмов …

The paper presents a theoretical background for the analysis of the relationship between
fertility and a number of socioeconomic factors associated with the process of economic …

The book examines the failures and some of the successes of Africa in its efforts to transform
into a society where human security or development in the broadest sense is achieved. It is …