Between 1990 and 2000, the total fertility rate (TFR) in Ethiopia declined moderately from
6.4 to 5.9 children per woman of reproductive age. During the same period, the TFR in the …

Fertility rates are higher in sub-Saharan Africa (Africa) than in any other major region of the
world, and considerable controversy surrounds the likelihood of these rates declining in the …

The aim of this chapter is to review recent data on nuptiality in sub-Saharan Africa (Africa in
short) and assess the demographic evidence of changes over time in the proportions …

Nigeria appears to be experiencing a transition to lower fertility. Based on ethnographic
research, this article shows how Nigerians navigate a paradoxical political‐economic and …

This article presents findings from a study of the influence of traditional religion on
reproductive preferences of Kassena-Nankana lineage heads in northern Ghana. Seven …

This article describes the first six months of the strategic planning process to develop a
culturally appropriate community health and family planning program for a traditional …

The Gwembe Study was launched in 1956 to monitor the responses of 57,000 Tonga-
speakers from the Middle Zambezi Valley to involuntary relocation. Since then, periodic …

This study assesses the long‐term fertility impact of the Community Health and Family
Planning Project of the Navrongo Health Research Centre in Ghana and addresses policy …

The article explores how geography, history, and society have shaped childbearing
behaviors over the last half‐century, and how they are now being reshaped by modernity …

Sub‐Saharan Africa will be the family planning frontier of the twenty‐first century. Fertility
levels and population growth rates are still high, and family planning programs suited to the …