Friday, May 2 / 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM   •   Salons C-D

Session 96:
Fertility Transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa I

Discussant: Laurie DeRose, University of Maryland
Chair: Laura R. Wong, Cedeplar, UFMG
Discussant: Michel Tenikue, CEPS/INSTEAD

  1. Demographic Transition in Africa: The Polygyny and Fertility NexusRoland Pongou, Université d'Ottawa ; Paul Cahu, World Bank Group ; Falilou Fall, Université de Paris I, Sorbonne

  2. Abolishing User Fees, Fertility Choice, and Educational AttainmentShinsuke Tanaka, Tufts University ; Takahiro Ito, Kobe University

  3. Gender-Based Violence as New Proximate Determinant of Fertility Change in Sub-Saharan AfricaClifford O. Odimegwu, University of the Witwatersrand ; Samson O. Bamiwuye, Obafemi Awolowo University ; Nyasha Chadoka, University of the Witwatersrand

  4. Rethinking African Fertility: The State in (and of) the Future Sub-Saharan African Fertility DeclineTom A. Moultrie, University of Cape Town ; Ian M. Timaeus, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)

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