Browsing Research Articles (Statistics & Population Studies) by Subject "Fertility"
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Is millennium development goal 4 achievable in Tanzania?
(WB Saunders, 2013)Introduction: This paper will focus on MDG4, which is concerned with reducing child mortality. Childhood mortality rates are the leading indicator of the level of child health and overall development of a country; and ... -
Menstrual regulation: Examining the incidence, methods, and sources of care of this understudied health practice in three settings using cross-sectional population-based surveys
(BMC, 2023)Menstrual regulation is a practice that may exist within the ambiguity surrounding one’s pregnancy status and has been the subject of limited research. The aim of this study is to measure the annual rate of menstrual regulation ... -
A mixed-methods study exploring women’s perceptions of terminology surrounding fertility and menstrual regulation in Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria
(BMC, 2021)Women use various terms when discussing the management of their fertility and menstrual irregularities and may interpret the experience of ending a possible pregnancy in nuanced ways, especially when their pregnancy status ... -
Proximate determinants of fertility in Ethiopia: comparative analysis of the 2005 and 2011 DHS
(SAGE Publications, 2017)Fertility is one of the elements in population dynamics that makes a significant contribution towards changing population size and structure over time. In Ethiopia, for the last 10 years the total fertility rate (TFR) has ...