High Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa

• 1 May 1990
• journal article
• Published by Springer Nature in Scientific American
• Vol. 262  (5) , 118-125
• https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0590-118

Abstract

Keywords

• AFRICA
• AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA
• BEHAVIOR
• CULTURAL BACKGROUND
• CULTURE
• DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS
• DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
• ECONOMIC FACTORS
• FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD
• FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS
• FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
• FEMALE ROLE--CHANGES
• FERTILITY
• FERTILITY DETERMINANTS
• LAND TENURE
• MARRIAGE
• MARRIAGE PATTERNS
• NUPTIALITY
• POLYGYNY
• POPULATION