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Showing 1 to 20 of 54 for “"fertility rate"”.
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A decomposition analysis of fertility rate in South Africa by population - groups and provinces
This study is about examining how fertility in South Africa is affected by changes in marriage patterns, changes in marriage fertility, non-marital fertility and age sex structure, across Provinces and Population groups. South Africa has experienced a decrease in fertility since the 1960s. South …
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The United Nations Fund For Population Activities: Changing The Direction Of The Total Fertility Rate In Developing Nations
… investigating factors affecting the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) in six (6) states: Burkina Faso, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, the Philippines, and Uganda. The present research, however, provides a broader assessment of the TFR and the potential causes of its decline by examining countries across …
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The effects of family planning type and prevalent use on fertility and under-five mortality in Tanzania.
… Voluntary family planning (FP) is the best strategy to curb population growth. However, contraception availability varies across regions. This study accounts for the regional context in which contraceptive choices -- and reproductive outcomes -- occur. Its research question, then, is: what is …
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Increasing the overwintering survival of container-grown perennials
… two overwintering covers, two fertilizer rates (low or high) and two substrate moisture contents (wet or dry). Covering with either a double layer of Dewitt N-Sulate™ insulation fabric or a double layer of Dewitt N-Sulate™ insulation fabric and a single sheet of 4 mil white polyethylene …
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Baseline Assessment of Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health in Yantaló, San Martin, Peru
BACKGROUND: The term “adolescent fertility rate” refers to the number of births per 1000 in girls ages 15-19. In July 2013, the adolescent fertility rate in rural Yantaló, Peru, was nearly 10%, almost double the national rate of 5.2% in 2012 (World Bank). Adolescent pregnancy remains a major …
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The Effect of Oil Revenue on The Fertility Pattern in Iran 1952-1976 (Economy)
… between the distribution of oil revenue and fertility patterns across the Iranian provinces. Counter to expectation based on the experience of developed nations, in Iran the increase of oil revenue from 1952 to 1975 was not accompanied by a decline in the fertility rate.
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Africa’s March Towards Prosperity Understanding the role of gender equality, human capital and fertility in securing Africa’s promising future
… of multidimensional factors of gender equality, fertility rate and Africa’s specific opportunity to economic growth. The model will be helpful to explain how gender equality, human capital, and fertility rates serve as essential factors in economic growth and prosperity for African states. Based …
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Association Between Fertility Rates and Socioeconomic Status in Tunisia
… family planning program in Tunisia in 1964, the fertility rate dropped from 7.2 births per women to 2.02 births per women in 2004. Tunisia has also experienced a significant improvement of its economy and its social indicators. However, marked disparities still persist between the industrialized …
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Fertility in Rwanda: Impact of genocide, an ananlysis of fertility before, during and after 1994 genocide
… affected households and families by reducing the fertility rate. Hence the fertility transition in Rwanda was analyzed for the period before, during and after genocide.
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Plant Growth and Root Zone Management of Greenhouse Grown Succulents
Effects of media, soil moisture, fertility rate, and plant growth regulators on plant growth were investigated for 13 taxa of succulents. Media: Liners were grown in five common greenhouse substrates: 80% peat, 60% bark + 30% peat moss, 80% pine bark/20% Permatil (v/v), 100% composted pine bark, or …
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Congenital Chagas Murine Model Development and Nanovaccine Efficacy Against Maternal-fetal Trypanosoma cruzi Pathogenesis
… our laboratory. In this dissertation, we demonstrate that Tc infection in female mice delayed the initiation of pregnancy, reduced fertility rate, and resulted in vertical transmission of the parasite to the offspring. Pups born to infected dams showed lower survival rates, decreased birth …
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Trends in contraceptive use in Tanzania, 1996-2016
… methods (Tilahun, 2016). Although birth rates are decreasing, and contraceptive use is increasing in much of the developed world, birth rates are classified as high and contraceptive use as very low in much of Sub-Saharan Africa (Larsson & Stanfors, 2014). In twenty years, Tanzania’s …
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Assessment of subnational level birth registration data in South Africa
… completeness of births and estimating total fertility rate (TFR). The study further analyses the spatial relationships between respective districts to each other based on levels of birth completeness and total fertility rate. The Geographical Information Systems (GIS) technique of the Global …
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The determinants of contraceptive use in Zambia
The contraceptive prevalence rate in Zambia is high, while fertility decline is very slow. From 1992 to 2007, the contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) increased from 8.9 per cent in 1992 to 32.7 per cent in 2007; while total fertility rate (TFR) fluctuated between 6.5 and 6.2. The study uses three …
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The relationship between the macroeconomic and demographic factors and the demand for and lapsation of life insurance in Malaysia and the United States
… the demographic factor, the change in total fertility rate in the previous period (i.e. positive and significant), is a vitally important factor in connection with life insurance demand (measured by number, by amount and by premium). Income and stock market return are important factors …
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Senior housing development in China
… The one-child policy has created a declining fertility rate. At the same time, the life expectancy of people keeps rising. The combination of low fertility and long life spans have moved China towards a rapidly aging society. To prepare for the aging society, the Chinese government has issued …
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Índices reprodutivos do rebanho de ovinos Morada Nova, da estação experimental bacia escola de São João do Cariri - PB
… the study showed that the reproductive rates have very dependent on the use of zootechnical bookkeeping, it can be seen, the performance rates of weight gain of lambs in the different types of delivery, and to be weaned, so it was perceived that male lambs originating from single birth …
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Female labour force participation amidst the reestablishment of the Islamic emirate of Afghanistan 2021-2023
… concurrently with re-establishing the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban) in August 2021. Thus, this study aims to investigate the factors that could have contributed to this rapid decline, explicitly examining whether the re-establishment of the regime played an essential role in this …
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Productive performance and fertility of broiler breeders maintained in commercial colony cages and on the conventional floors
… was conducted to compare performance and fertility of naturally mated broiler breeders maintained on litter floor versus their counterparts maintained in two tiered colony cages. Cage maintained hens with restricted feeding weighed less (P 0.05) was found in egg weights among treatments. …
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Essays on the Macroeconomics of Labor Markets
… markets. The research in this document is separated into chapters that study distinct features of aggregate labor market outcomes. The first essay documents the change in behavior of fertility rate at business cycle frequencies in the United States between the 1970s and 1990s and shows how the …
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