A Closer Examination of the HIV/Fertility Linkage ... - Measure DHS

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Figure 6: Trends in current use of contraception among sexually active women by age,Zimbabwe 1988-200615-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-441988/1989199419992005/20061988/1989199419992005/20061988/1989199419992005/20061988/1989199419992005/20061988/1989199419992005/20061988/1989199419992005/2006Modern methodOther method45-49 1988/1989199419992005/20060% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%PercentageFigure 7: Trends modern contraceptive use among sexually active urban versus ruralwomen, Zimbabwe 1988-2006UrbanMethod other than condomsCondoms1988/1989199419992005/2006Rural1988/1989199419992005/20060 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50Percentage Using Method20
Finally, to understand whether women are initiating behaviors suggesting a “speedingup” of fertility, we examine birth spacing (Figure 8). For all parities shown, birth spacing isincreasing over time. This suggests the opposite of acceleration. With the trends in fertility andcontraceptive use, these trends in birth spacing suggest that contraception is being used to controlspacing.Figure 8: Trends in number of months between births, by parity, Zimbabwe 1988-2006Between 1st and 2nd1988/1989199419992005/2006Between 2nd and 3rd1988/1989199419992005/200633.034.937.933.235.838.341.042.0Between 3rd and 4th1988/1989199419992005/200633.935.639.443.3Between 4th and 5th1988/198933.5199435.919992005/200638.742.60 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50Average Number of Months4. Summary of ZimbabweWe have examined these measures in order to indicate fertility trends. Examination of the trendsin Zimbabwe provides mixed evidence as to the cause of the fertility decline stalling. On the onehand, there are many indicators that suggest that fertility should continue to decline. Sexualactivity has declined, and contraceptive use is up for most groups except for people age 15-1921
Page 2 and 3: The DHS Working Papers series is an
Page 4 and 5: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSWe have benefited f
Page 7 and 8: INTRODUCTIONRecent research has sug
Page 9 and 10: Figure 1: Fertility behavior respon
Page 11 and 12: worry about passing the virus to an
Page 13 and 14: Changes in fertility outcomes: Whet
Page 15 and 16: of the increased likelihood of pass
Page 17 and 18: 12 percent. Reductions in fertility
Page 19 and 20: Actions to put fertility desires in
Page 21 and 22: Zimbabwe1. Trends in HIV prevalence
Page 23 and 24: Figure 3: Trend in ideal number of
Page 25: Figure 5: Trends in sexual activity
Page 29 and 30: Uganda1. Trends in HIV prevalence a
Page 31 and 32: 3. Trends in fertility action: mari
Page 33 and 34: Modern contraceptive use is growing
Page 35 and 36: Figure 15: Trends in number of mont
Page 37 and 38: 2. Trends in fertility desiresWomen
Page 39 and 40: Figure 19: Trends in sexual activit
Page 41 and 42: 4. Summary for Burkina FasoIn many
Page 43 and 44: CONCLUSIONSThis paper has investiga
Page 45 and 46: REFERENCESCasterline EL. 2003. Fert

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