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

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Figure 14: Trends in current use of contraception among sexually active women by age,Uganda 1988-200615-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-441988/198919952000/200120061988/198919952000/200120061988/198919952000/200120061988/198919952000/200120061988/198919952000/200120061988/198919952000/20012006Modern methodOther method45-49 1988/198919952000/200120060% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%PercentageFinally, birth spacing in Uganda (Figure 15) follows a somewhat fluctuating pattern, butappears to have leveled off in its increase between 2000/2001 and 2006.28
Figure 15: Trends in number of months between births, by parity, Uganda 1988-2006Between 1st and 2nd1988/198929.9199530.62000/200130.3200631.0Between 2nd and 3rd1988/198929.4199529.82000/200130.7200630.9Between 3rd and 4th1988/198919952000/2001200629.330.330.831.1Between 4th and 5th1988/198919952000/2001200630.131.031.131.128.0 28.5 29.0 29.5 30.0 30.5 31.0 31.5Average Number of Months4. Summary for UgandaWhile Uganda shows some similar patterns to Zimbabwe, it also shows marked differences.Uganda sees declines or stalls in contraceptive use, which helps to explain this country’s stall infertility decline. This is coupled with stalls in trends in other measures, including marriage rates,percent sexually active, and fertility preferences. If a similarity exists between Uganda andZimbabwe, it appears to be behavioral changes to prevent HIV, while taking steps to maintainhigh fertility.29
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
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Page 25 and 26: Figure 5: Trends in sexual activity
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Page 29 and 30: Uganda1. Trends in HIV prevalence a
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Page 33: Modern contraceptive use is growing
Page 37 and 38: 2. Trends in fertility desiresWomen
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Page 41 and 42: 4. Summary for Burkina FasoIn many
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Page 45 and 46: REFERENCESCasterline EL. 2003. Fert

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