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Learning Objectives At the end of this lecture, Students should be able to•Define Fertility•Describe Socio-cultural factors that affect fertility•Describe the effect of education/urbanization and other
factors on fertility
What is Fertility?
Fertility is the actual no. of pregnancies or children the woman has
Fertility is the actual repro-ductive experience of the woman
Traditionally, Nigerian society and many societies in the developing world place a high premium on children
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CULTURAL
POLYGAMY
MALE PREFERENCE
CHILDREN = WEALTH
INHERITING WIDOWS
CHILD/EARLY MARRIAGE
POSITION OF WOMEN/WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
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EDUCATION & SOCIAL CLASS
• Education has a direct relationship with contraceptive usage
• People who want their children to go to school
also tend to have less no. of children
• People of higher social class tend to have fewer
children
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