Connecting-Africa | Find publications

Advanced search

Find:


Title Level and differentials of fertility in Awassa town, Southern Ethiopia
Full text http://ajol.info/index.php/ajrh/article/view/55664
Date 2010
Author(s) S Gebremedhin; M Betre
Abstract A cross-sectional, descriptive study with internal comparison was conducted among 1376 women of reproductive age with the objective of assessing the level and determinants of fertility in Awassa town,Ethiopia. Total Fertility Rate (TFR) was 3.4 and the mean Child Ever Born (CEB) was 1.72 and 3.02 among all women and married women. Regarding proximate determinants of fertility, the mean age atfirst marriage and duration of postpartum infecundability were 17.75 years and 12.3 months, respectively. Further, Contraceptive Prevalence Rate among married women was 41.2% and TotalAbortion Rate was 0.02. Sociodemographic characteristics of mothers like poor educational status, absence of income, rural place of birth, early marriage, and other variables like history of child death,negative husbands' attitude towards contraceptive use, poor educational status of husbands, need for additional children, were found to have significant association with high fertility; accordingly, thesevariables need to addressed in activities against high fertility (Afr J Reprod Health 2009; 13[1]:93-112).
Subject(s) Fertility, Differentials of Fertility, Determinants of Fertility, Awassa, Ethiopia
Language en
Publisher African Journal of Reproductive Health
Type of publication Peer-reviewed Article
Format application/pdf
Source African Journal of Reproductive Health; Vol 13, No 1 (2009)
Rights Copyright for articles published in this journal is retained by Women's Health and Action Research Centre
Repository Africa - African Journals OnLine (AJOL)
Added to C-A: 2010-08-26;09:03:11