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Wednesday, December 12 / 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM   •   Themi

Session 48:
Determinants of fertility change in Africa

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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