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Demographic effects of economic reversals in Sub-Saharan Africa / Working Group on Demographic Effects of Economic and Social Reversals ... [et. al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Population dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Population dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Africa, Sub-Saharan--Population.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan--Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (205 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book examines the effects of economic downturns in recent decades on first marriages, first and second births, and child mortality in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, and Uganda.
- Contents:
- Demographic Effects of Economic Reversals in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- DIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC EXPERIENCES
- DATA AND METHODOLOGY
- HYPOTHESES
- FINDINGS
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Economic and Demographic Overview of Sub-Saharan Africa and the Seven Countries Studied
- ECONOMIC CHANGE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
- ECONOMIC EXPERIENCE OF THE SEVEN STUDY COUNTRIES
- DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND THE SEVEN STUDY COUNTRIES
- 3 Conceptual Framework and Hypotheses
- TYPES OF FLUCTUATIONS
- EFFECTS OF FLUCTUATIONS ON HOUSEHOLD RESOURCES
- EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN HOUSEHOLD RESOURCES ON DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS
- SHORT-TERM VARIATION IN PREINDUSTRIAL EUROPE
- MEASURING SHORT-TERM VARIATION IN OTHER POPULATIONS
- THE RELEVANCE FOR AFRICA OF RESULTS FROM OTHER STUDIES
- 4 Methodology
- TYPES OF MODELS
- ECONOMIC VARIABLES AND SECULAR TRENDS
- CONTROL VARIABLES
- METHODOLOGY FOR ANALYSIS OF MARRIAGE AND BIRTHS
- METHODOLOGY FOR ANALYSIS OF CHILD MORTALITY
- HYPOTHESIS TESTING AND INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS
- 5 Country Results
- BOTSWANA
- Economic Experience
- Demographic Outcomes
- GHANA
- Independence Through 1974
- 1974 to 1983
- 1983 to 1988
- KENYA
- 1963 to 1973
- 1973 to 1980
- 1978 On
- NIGERIA
- SENEGAL
- TOGO
- UGANDA
- 6 Cross-National Comparisons
- INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY
- MARRIAGE
- FIRST BIRTH
- SECOND BIRTH
- CONCLUSION
- 7 Caveats and Conclusions
- APPENDIXES
- A Economic Data
- COUNTRY DATA
- Data on Gross Domestic Product, Terms of Trade, and Export Quantities
- GDP.
- TT
- EXQ
- Producer Prices and Other Data
- WORLD COMMODITY PRICE DATA
- B Demographic and Health Surveys
- References.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-193).
- ISBN:
- 9786610196043
- 9781280196041
- 1280196041
- 9780309585569
- 0309585562
- 9780585085579
- 0585085579
- OCLC:
- 43475732
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