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Title HIV and fertility change in rural Zimbabwe
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/1885/41521
Date 1997
Author(s) Gregson, Simon; Zhuwau, Tom; Anderson, Roy M.; Chandiwana, Stephen K.
Contributor(s) Awusabo-Asare, Kofi; Pisani, Elisabeth; Boerma, J. Ties; Zaba, Basia
Abstract Fertility transition and HIV epidemics are currently running parallel in some sub-Saharan African populations. Interactions between the two at the individual and population levels could accentuate or moderate the resulting demographic trends. We review a number of mechanisms through which an HIV epidemic and responses to it can affect birth rates, through the biological and behavioural proximate determinants. Uninfected as well as infected people can be affected and many of the changes could have unintended consequences for fertility at the individual level. Results from a small-scale in-depth study in two rural areas of Zimbabwe are reviewed. These indicate that the local HIV epidemic has begun to influence the proximate determinants of fertility. If observed trends persist, a modest acceleration in the recent decline in birth rates seems plausible. - no
Subject(s) Zimbabwe; HIV/AIDS; fertility; socio-demographic change; scls-demo
Language en_AU
Publisher Health Transition Centre, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University
Type of publication pjournal
Format 71428 bytes; application/pdf
Rights yes
Identifier supp.2; 89-112; Health Transition Review; 7; 1997; 951
Repository Canberra - Australian National University
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