Population Dynamics of Kenya

Population Dynamics of Kenya

  • Author: Jolly, Carole L.; Brass, William
  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309049436
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309585897
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 1993
  • Month: January
  • Pages: 198
  • Language: English

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.

  • 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

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