Increase in Natural Fertility During the Early Stages of Modernization: Evidence from an African Case Study, Zaire

Romaniuk, Anatole

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“…It contributes for the change and structure of the population In sub-Saharan countries, fertility rate is high compared to the rest of the world [1][2][3] . In Ethiopia the situation is similar, i.e., there is high fertility and rapid population growth rate.The country's population in 2013 was estimated to be more than 80 million 4 .…”

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Determinants of fertility in Ethiopia

Ayele

2015

Afr H. Sci.

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Background: The most important elements to determine the rate of population growth is fertility. Fertility is the main element to affect the welfare of mother. The survival of a child can be affected by high fertility and shorter birth intervals. Methods: For this study, the linear mixed model was used to determine factors affecting fertility status of women in Ethiopia. The 2011 Ethiopian demographic and health survey data was used for this study. Results: From the result, materials used for roof, wall and floor were found to have a significant relation to fertility level of women in the last five years. Moreover, family size and births in the last five years were found to have a significant relationship. Conclusion: Significant variation in fertility level was observed among rural and urban residents of Ethiopia. To reduce the gap of fertility between rural and urban population, it is important to modernize different factors. These factors could be access to education, media, and providing employment opportunities in the modern economic sector. Besides this, it is important to develop and maintain the access of family planning services.

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Determinants of fertility in Ethiopia

Ayele

2015

Afr H. Sci.

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“…How can this pre-decline fertility rise be understood? Rising fertility trends before the onset of fertility decline at times of social and economic development have been documented for both developed and developing countries (Nag 1980;Romaniuk 1980Romaniuk , 1981Dyson and Murphy 1985;Saito 2006;Garenne 2008;Ortega 2009;Reher and Requena 2014). Social and economic development can influence fertility-related factors in two opposing directions.…”

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Reconstructing historical fertility change in Mongolia

Spoorenberg¹

2015

DemRes

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“…By the 1950s fertility rates had stopped growing in North and South Kivu but started to sharply increase elsewhere; as a result after 1950 population growth across the DRC took off at over 3.0% per year and was accompanied by increasing urbanisation and the clearing of new lands in rural areas (Romaniuk, 1980;Shapiro, 1995). In particular the 'unrelenting population growth' in eastern DRC led to the usual consequences of a growing number of migrant and landless labourers (Vlassenroot and Huggins, 2005: 138).…”

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The Political Demography of Conflict in Modern Africa

Green

2012

Civil Wars

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Abstract:Sub-Saharan Africa has shifted from having a very low population density and no population growth in the 19 th century to an extremely high population growth today. While some political demographers have linked the continent's high population growth rate to various civil wars, we argue here that a more important cause behind contemporary conflict has been this rapid demographic shift over the past century and a half. Specifically, we show that low population densities historically contributed to poverty, communal and unequal property rights, and high levels of ethnic diversity in the pre-colonial and colonial periods. In the post-colonial era, however, these three variables have provided the opportunities, motives and collective action necessary for conflict, thereby combining with high population growth rates to produce large amounts of 'sons of the soil' conflict over land. To test this argument we examine cases of contemporary civil wars in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, where we find significant evidence supporting the theory. We then examine the counterfactual case of the Rwandan genocide, where we not only find that the genocide was not a 'sons of the soil' conflict, but that Rwanda's historically high population density played a indirect but significant role in the genocide.

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Increase in Natural Fertility During the Early Stages of Modernization: Evidence from an African Case Study, Zaire

Cited by 37 publications

References 11 publications

Determinants of fertility in Ethiopia

Determinants of fertility in Ethiopia

Reconstructing historical fertility change in Mongolia

The Political Demography of Conflict in Modern Africa

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