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Peace Without Poison

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MartiniqueMartinique began covert depopulation measures in 1962, at the same time as Guadeloupe sincethey are both French overseas departments and as such subject to the same administration. Eventhough it started from a very high fertility rate of more than 5 children per woman, it reachedreplacement level fertility in 1980 thanks to French methods of mass sterilization, sincecontraceptives use was minimal at that time.The French government has kept Martinique’s total fertility rate at 2 children per woman from1980 and until today.Martinique is in stage four of the demographic transition, but it could very well be in stage fivehad the French government chosen the low variant population trajectory.979 | P a g e

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