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DHS Research Reports

Filtered by: "Fertility and Fertility Preferences"

May 2001

Gap Between Preferred and Actual Birth Intervals in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for Fertility and Child Health

Using Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) data from 20 Sub-Saharan countries, this article compares women’s actual lengths of birth intervals to preferred lengths and assesses the implications of the difference for selected demographic and health indicators.

Topics: Fertility and Fertility Preferences

 

May 1999

Mass Media and Reproductive Behavior in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh

The central question addressed in this research is whether regular exposure to mass media, especially to radio and television, influences family planning attitudes and behavior.

Topics: Fertility and Fertility Preferences

 

Aug 1998

Fertility Levels, Trends and Differentials

This study examines patterns and trends in fertility utilizing national surveys from 28 developing countries.

Topics: Fertility and Fertility Preferences

 

Jul 1998

Change in the Desired Number of Children: A Cross-Country Cohort Analysis of Levels and Correlates of Change

Change in a woman's desired number of children is held to be a key determinant in the demand for family planning and the decline in fertility rates.

Topics: Fertility and Fertility Preferences

 

Jun 1998

Unintended Childbearing in Developing Countries: Levels, Trends, and Determinants

The objective of this report is to use large-scale, cross-nationally comparable survey data to study the levels, trends, and determinants of unintended fertility in developing countries.

Topics: Fertility and Fertility Preferences

 

Sep 1997

Components of Unexpected Fertility Decline in Sub-Saharan Africa

The statistical relationship derived from a linear regression of contraceptive prevalence on the total fertility rate indicates that an increase of 15 percentage points in contraceptive prevalence among married women is associated with a decline of about one child in the total fertility rate.

Topics: Fertility and Fertility Preferences

 

Aug 1997

Gender Preferences for Children

Parental preferences for daughters or sons exhibit a wide variety of patterns throughout the world.

Topics: Fertility and Fertility Preferences, Gender

 

Apr 1997

Mass Media and Reproductive Behavior in Africa

This report analyses the impact of mass media on the fertility transition as mass media messages often compete with traditional notions of early child bearing and large families.

Topics: Fertility and Fertility Preferences

 

Dec 1995

Childbearing Attitudes and Intentions

Based on national surveys in 28 developing countries, this study examines women's statements on their ideal family size, whether they desire more children, and if so, how long they would prefer to wait before the next birth.

Topics: Fertility and Fertility Preferences

 

Jun 1994

Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Health Indicators for Subnational Areas

This report, which covers the results from surveys completed in the first phase of the DHS program (DHS I), compiles statistics on demographic, maternal and child health, and socioeconomic indicators for urban and rural areas by subnational region.

Topics: Fertility and Fertility Preferences, Household and Respondent Characteristics, Wealth/Socioeconomics