@article{fdi:010088351,
  title = {{C}hildbearing trajectories in a {W}est {A}frican setting : a sequence analysis approach},
  author = {{B}ras, {H}. and {R}emund, {A}. and {D}elaunay, {V}al{\'e}rie},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he lagging fertility transition in {W}est {A}frica has important repercussions for global population growth but remains poorly understood. {I}nspired by {C}aldwell and colleagues' fertility transition framework, as well as by subsequent research, we examine diversity in women's holistic childbearing trajectories in {N}iakhar, {S}enegal, between the early 1960s and 2018 using a sequence analysis approach. {W}e evaluate the prevalence of different trajectories, their contribution to overall fertility levels, and their association with women's socioeconomic and cultural characteristics. {F}our trajectories were observed:  'high fertility,' 'delayed entry,' 'truncated,' and 'short.' {W}hile the high fertility trajectory was most prevalent across cohorts, delayed entry grew in importance. {T}he 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. {W}omen with primary education and those from higher status groups were more likely to experience delayed entry. {T}he 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. {O}ur study advances knowledge on fertility transitions in {N}iakhar - and {S}ahelian {W}est {A}frican contexts more generally  - by showing the diversity of childbearing trajectories within high fertility regional contexts.},
  keywords = {{SENEGAL} ; {NIAKHAR}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{D}emography},
  volume = {60},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {891--913},
  ISSN = {0070-3370},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.1215/00703370-10714477},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010088351},
}