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

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3. Trends in fertility action: marital status, sexual activity, contraceptive use, and birth spacingThe percentage of women married at certain ages shows a steady decline (Figure 18). Also,sexual activity is higher in the urban than rural areas of Burkina Faso, and the percent having sexin the four weeks before the survey have increased or remained constant between 1992/1993 and2003 (Figure 19). Modern contraceptive use increases steadily over time for all groupsexamined and all age groups (Figure 20 and 21). Additionally, condom use is becoming moreprevalent, with rates much higher than those in Zimbabwe and Uganda (Figure 20). Finally,birth spacing is also increasing (Figure 22), and is increasing the same amount for all parities upto the 5 th .120%1992/1993Figure 18: Trends in percentage of women who are currently married,by age group, Burkina Faso 1992-2003100%1989/1999200380%Percentage of Women60%40%20%0%15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49Age Group32
Figure 19: Trends in sexual activity amount urban versus rural women,Burkina Faso 1992-2003Urban1992/1993591998/199963200362Rural1992/1993481998/1999452003490 10 20 30 40 50 60 70Percent Having Sex in the Last Four WeeksFigure 20: Trends modern contraceptive use among sexually active urban versus ruralwomen, Burkina Faso 1992-2003Urban1992/19931998/19992003Rural1992/19931998/19992003Method other than condomsCondoms0 5 10 15 20 25 30Percentage Using Method33
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 and 26: Figure 5: Trends in sexual activity
Page 27 and 28: Finally, to understand whether wome
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: 2. Trends in fertility desiresWomen
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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