Determinants and Consequences of High Fertility : A Synopsis of the Evidence

In the six decades since 1950, fertility has fallen substantially in developing countries. Even so, high fertility, defined as five or more births per woman over the reproductive career, characterizes 33 countries. Twenty-nine of these countries ar...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ABORTION ABSTINENCE ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME AGE DISTRIBUTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AIR POLLUTION ASSISTANCE FOR POPULATION BEHAVIOR CHANGE BIODIVERSITY CARBON DIOXIDE CHANGES IN FERTILITY CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDBEARING CONDOM CONDOM USE CONSEQUENCES OF FERTILITY CONTRACEPTION CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS CONTRACEPTIVE PRACTICE CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE CONTRACEPTIVE USE DECLINE IN FERTILITY DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACT DEMOGRAPHIC PHENOMENA DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEPENDENCY RATIO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD MORTALITY ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF POPULATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFECTS OF POPULATION ELDERLY ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES FAMILY SIZE FERTILITY FERTILITY ATTITUDES FERTILITY CONTROL FERTILITY DECLINE FERTILITY PREFERENCES FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY REGULATION FERTILITY TRANSITION FERTILITY TRANSITIONS FEWER CHILDREN FEWER PREGNANCIES FIRST BIRTH FIRST MARRIAGE FOREST COVER FORMULATION OF POPULATION FOSSIL FUELS GENDER EQUITY GREENHOUSE GASES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH COALITION HEALTH RISKS HIV HIV INFECTION HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN HEALTH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HUMAN LIFE HUMAN POPULATION HUMAN POPULATION DENSITY HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH HUMAN SETTLEMENT HUSBANDS IMPACT OF POPULATION IMPACT OF POPULATION GROWTH IMPACT ON FERTILITY IMPLICATIONS FOR POPULATION POLICY INDIVIDUAL WELFARE INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS INFORMED DECISIONS INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN LABOR FORCE LAM LARGE CITIES LARGE FAMILIES LEVEL OF FERTILITY LIFETIME RISK LIVE BIRTHS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT LOW-INCOME SETTINGS LOWER FERTILITY MANAGEMENT OF POPULATION MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL CAUSES MATERNAL DEATH MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORBIDITY MATERNAL MORTALITY MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MODERN CONTRACEPTION MORTALITY MORTALITY DECLINE MORTALITY RISK MOTHER NATIONAL POPULATION NATURAL ENVIRONMENT NEED FOR FAMILY PLANNING NEONATAL MORTALITY NUMBER OF BIRTHS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION OLD AGE PANDEMIC POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION ACTION POPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION ASSOCIATION POPULATION CHANGE POPULATION COUNCIL POPULATION DEBATE POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION EDUCATION POPULATION FACTORS POPULATION GROWTH RATE POPULATION GROWTH RATES POPULATION INCREASE POPULATION MATTERS POPULATION POLICY POPULATION PRESSURE POPULATION STUDIES POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION PRACTITIONERS PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PROGRESS PROVISION OF FAMILY PLANNING PUBLIC HEALTH RAPID POPULATION GROWTH RATE OF POPULATION GROWTH RECIPIENT COUNTRIES REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY REPRODUCTIVE AGE REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR REPRODUCTIVE DESIRES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE PATTERNS REPRODUCTIVE PREFERENCES REPRODUCTIVE-AGE COUPLES RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS RESPECT RISK OF DEATH RURAL AREAS SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SEXUAL PARTNERS SMALL FAMILIES SOCIAL BARRIERS SOCIAL FACTORS SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS SOIL EROSION SPECIES START OF CHILDBEARING STATE UNIVERSITY UNEMPLOYMENT UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND UNWANTED PREGNANCIES URBAN AREAS URBANIZATION WOMAN WORKING-AGE POPULATION YOUNG AGES
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