Fertility in Sub‐Saharan African Countries with Consideration to Health and Poverty*

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“…The relationships between family size, maternal health, child health and survival, and household economic welfare have long been a population theme in the demographic and development literature, and recently emphasized by the Millennium Development Goals (UNDP, ). Researchers have pointed to reduced fertility and improvements in adverse reproductive health indicators as most likely to lead to better economic outcomes in African countries (Jeon et al ., ). In Uganda, Ssewanyana and Kasirye () found household welfare status and higher maternal education as key determinants of child health status and inequalities in health.…”

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“…As mortality rates, and thus uncertainty, fall, the precautionary demand for children also decreases. Jeon et al (2008) and Neanidis (2012) provide evidence that supports this view. That is, they show that a decline in infant mortality (a proxy for higher child survival rate) decreases the fertility rate.…”