Bras H., Remund A., Delaunay Valérie. (2023). Childbearing trajectories in a West African setting : a sequence analysis approach. Demography, 60 (3), 891-913. ISSN 0070-3370.
Titre du document
Childbearing trajectories in a West African setting : a sequence analysis approach
Année de publication
2023
Type de document
Article
Auteurs
Bras H., Remund A., Delaunay Valérie
Source
Demography, 2023,
60 (3), 891-913 ISSN 0070-3370
The lagging fertility transition in West Africa has important repercussions for global population growth but remains poorly understood. Inspired by Caldwell and colleagues' fertility transition framework, as well as by subsequent research, we examine diversity in women's holistic childbearing trajectories in Niakhar, Senegal, between the early 1960s and 2018 using a sequence analysis approach. We evaluate the prevalence of different trajectories, their contribution to overall fertility levels, and their association with women's socioeconomic and cultural characteristics. Four trajectories were observed: 'high fertility,' 'delayed entry,' 'truncated,' and 'short.' While the high fertility trajectory was most prevalent across cohorts, delayed entry grew in importance. The high fertility trajectory was more common among women born between 1960 and 1969 and was followed less often by divorced women and those from polygynous households. Women with primary education and those from higher status groups were more likely to experience delayed entry. The truncated trajectory was associated with lack of economic wealth, polygynous households, and caste membership. A short trajectory was related to lack of agropastoral wealth, divorce, and possibly secondary sterility. Our study advances knowledge on fertility transitions in Niakhar - and Sahelian West African contexts more generally - by showing the diversity of childbearing trajectories within high fertility regional contexts.
Plan de classement
Politiques de la santé [056POLSAN]
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Démographie, population [108DEMOG1]
