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The Incipient Fertility Transition and Women's Labor Force Participation in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1991-2005: Evidence From the Demographic and Health Surveys
Ist Teil von
African population studies, 2014, Vol.28 (2), p.1103-1118
Ort / Verlag
Ghana: Union for African Population Studies
Erscheinungsjahr
2014
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Sub-Saharan Africa has experienced an expansion of schooling,
accompanied by delays in marriage and lower fertility. These trends
stand to boost women's employment prospects and foster further
fertility decline through a variety of plausible mechanisms. But the
evidence has been spotty. Building on the diversity of recent fertility
changes within countries and taking advantage of repeat nationally
representative and comparable DHS surveys, we attempt a large-scale
historical analysis to provide an early assessment of the status of the
transition in 21 countries. To evaluate the prospects for further
declines in the region, we use multiple techniques to quantify the
effect of fertility on employment as well as its contribution relative
to other factors to observed changes in women's employment within
countries. Results show a growing negative relationship in some
countries and no relationship in others. Implications for the
transition and inequality in the region are discussed.