Population dynamics of Kenya / / William Brass and Carole L. Jolly, editors ; Working Group on Kenya ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xiv, 183 p. : ill., maps
• Disciplina: 304.6/096762
• Soggetto topico: Demography - Kenya; Fertility, Human - Kenya
• Soggetto geografico: Kenya Population
• Altri autori: BrassWilliam JollyCarole L
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-183).
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Population Dynamics of Kenya -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- MORTALITY -- FERTILITY -- THE FUTURE -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Demographic and Socioeconomic Background -- SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE -- Data Sources -- Census and Survey Results -- SUMMARY -- 3 Mortality Trends -- CHILD MORTALITY -- Child Mortality Before the Mid-1970s -- Child Mortality After the Mid-1970s -- Differentials in Child Mortality -- The Possible Effects of AIDS on Child Mortality -- ADULT MORTALITY -- SUMMARY -- APPENDIX -- 4 Fertility Trends -- EVIDENCE OF DECLINES IN FERTILITY FROM RECENT SURVEYS -- DIFFERENTIALS IN THE DECLINES IN FERTILITY -- PATTERNS OF FERTILITY DECLINE -- COMPARISON OF THE PATTERN OF FERTILITY DECLINE IN KENYA WITH OTHER POPULATIONS -- DIFFERENTIALS IN THE PATTERNS OF FERTILITY DECLINE -- FERTILITY DECLINES BY DISTRICT -- SUMMARY -- APPENDIX -- 5 Proximate Determinants of Fertility -- FRAMEWORK -- Percentage of Women in Sexual Union -- Contraception -- Postpartum Infecundability -- Pathological or Primary Sterility -- Abortion -- RESULTS -- Marriage -- Contraception -- Postpartum Infecundability -- Primary Sterility -- Summary -- RELATION BETWEEN CHANGES IN PROXIMATE DETERMINANTS AND FERTILITY -- COMPARISONS OF THE PROXIMATE DETERMINANTS OF KENYA WITH OTHER SUB-SAHARAN POPULATIONS -- SUMMARY -- APPENDIX -- COMPUTATIONAL PROCEDURES TO ESTIMATE THE INDICES OF THE PROXIMATE DETERMINANTS -- 6 Socioeconomic and Program Factors Related to Fertility Change -- ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK -- CHANGES IN REPRODUCTIVE PREFERENCES -- GROWTH OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS -- Transportation and Communication -- Education -- Health -- Family Planning -- Land Policy -- EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES ON FERTILITY -- SUMMARY -- 7 Linkages Between Socioeconomic Factors and Demographic Change. ; CHILD MORTALITY AND SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS -- Cross-Sectional Relationships -- Relationships with Trends -- Relationship with Adult Mortality -- FERTILITY AND SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS -- CHILD MORTALITY LINKAGES WITH FERTILITY DECLINES -- MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF CONTRACEPTIVE USE -- Methodology -- Results -- SUMMARY -- APPENDIX -- 8 Conclusions -- MORTALITY -- FERTILITY -- THE FUTURE -- RELATIONSHIP TO DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE IN OTHER COUNTRIES -- References.
• Sommario/riassunto: This detailed examination of recent trends in fertility and mortality considers the links between those trends and the socioeconomic changes occuring during the same period.
• Titolo autorizzato: Population dynamics of Kenya
• ISBN: 9786610196036; 9781280196034; 1280196033; 9780309585897; 0309585899; 9780585155517; 0585155518
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910957182403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Population dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa.