Fertility and child-spacing in Western Zaire

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Title:	Fertility and child-spacing in Western Zaire
Authors:	Sala-Diakanda, M. Ngonda a Pitshandenge Tabutin, D.
Book title:	Child-Spacing in Tropical Africa: Traditions and Change
Year:	1981
Pages:	287-299
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Congo (Democratic Republic of)
Subjects:	family planning fertility
Abstract:	Between August 1975 and March 1977 the EDOZA-study (Enquête Démographique de l'Ouest du Zaïre), a sample survey that was part of a wider economic survey, covered four major regions of the country. For the six bigger cities of the area a separate study was carried out. The aim of the EDOZA-study was measure the basic components of population growth together with a number of socio-economic variables. Major attention was paid to measuring fertility, but no individual data were collected on nuptiality, breast-feeding or the postpartum non-susceptible period. Only a few questions adressed to village heads on 'community-level' variables help to shed light on the reported child-spacing patterns. The authors discuss child-spacing and sterility. Fig., map, ref., tab.