UAPS 2007
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Arusha, Tanzania: 10-14 December 2007
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Session 48:
Determinants of fertility change in Africa

Wednesday, December 12
2:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Themi
Ngorongoro Wing. 7th Floor
Chair: Bamikale Feyistan, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Discussant: David Shapiro, Pennsylvania State University

1. Fertility transition in Nigeria: Exploring the role of desired number of children  •  Latifat Ibisomi, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC); Clifford O. Odimegwu, University of the Witwatersrand

2. Fertility changes, forms of union and cohabitation in two West African cities, Bamako and Lomé  •  Solene Lardoux, Université de Montréal; Donatien Beguy, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)

3. Analysis of family building patterns in Kenya  •  Alfred Otieno, Population Studies and Research Institute

4. The dynamics of timing and spacing of births in Ethiopia: A focus on urban-rural differences  •  Daniel Sahleyesus, University of Colorado at Boulder; Roderic Beaujot, University of Western Ontario

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