The emergence of birth limitation as a new stage in the fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa

Lerch, MathiasSpoorenberg, Thomas2023-01-162023-01-162023-01-162020-05-0710.4054/DemRes.2020.42.30https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/193923The fertility transition started later in sub-Saharan Africa than in other regions of the world. Moreover, the average number of children per woman declined more slowly there, owing to a distinct mechanism of fertility reduction. It has been argued that the fertility decline in sub-Saharan Africa proceeded through an increase in birth intervals rather than by a limitation of the number of births.The emergence of birth limitation as a new stage in the fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africatext::journal::journal article::research article