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Title: | Regional variation in initiation of childbearing in Kenya |
Author: | Ikamari, Lawrence D.E. |
Year: | 2008 |
Periodical: | African Population Studies |
Volume: | 23 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 25-40 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Kenya |
Subjects: | fertility age regional disparity |
Abstract: | This paper examines the effect of region of residence on the initiation of childbearing, i.e. the age at which a woman gives birth to her first child, in Kenya and determines whether this effect has changed over time. Age at first birth is important in explaining fertility and mortality transitions. The data used in the study are drawn from the 1998 and 2003 Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys. The Cox proportional hazard models are used to analyse the data. The results reveal that the region of residence has a significant effect on the initiation of childbearing in Kenya and that the effect remains significant even in the presence of controls for education, age at first marriage, type of place of residence and religion. The effect of the region of residence on the initiation of childbearing remains more or less the same across the three generations. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract] |