eprintid: 3229
rev_number: 5
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datestamp: 2020-07-29 12:48:44
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Schuitema, Bas
creators_id: S2979748
creators_email: b.schuitema@student.rug.nl
title: Differences in Fertility between Urban and Rural Nigeria
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: This research has attempted to find out why rural fertility rates are substantially higher than those in urban regions of Nigeria. Little contemporary work has been written on rural versus urban fertility differentials in Nigeria. Lowering the Total Fertility Rate (TFR), especially in rural areas, is key in limiting the immense population growth Nigeria is projected to go through. The Demographic & Health Survey (DHS), a cross-sectional survey on health and demographic indicators, was used to test key determinants by method of quantitative statistical analysis. The theoretical framework has identified a number of background determinants of fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and how these determinants differ between rural and urban areas. These have been tested with Poisson regression. It was found that the chosen background determinants account for a large portion of the difference between rural and urban fertility, although a small difference remains. The difference going from 31.4% (in 2008), 35.5% (in 2013) and 35% (in 2018) to 4%, 5.4% and 6.4% respectively, when accounting for differences in the background determinants. Differences in educational level and wealth are especially important for the difference in fertility between rural and urban Nigeria. To a lesser extent, child mortality and religion also contribute to the difference.
date: 2020
pages: 51
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: POPST
tutors_name: Wissen, L.J.G. van
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Bestuur
tutors_email: L.J.G.van.Wissen@rug.nl
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keywords_local: Fertility
keywords_local: Nigeria
keywords_local: Rural
keywords_local: Urban
keywords_local: Differences
keywords_local: Education level
keywords_local: Child mortality
keywords_local: Religion
keywords_local: Women empowerment
keywords_local: Wealth
language_iso: en
agreed_repository: yes
date_issued: 2020-07-16
citation:   Schuitema, Bas  (2020) Differences in Fertility between Urban and Rural Nigeria.  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3229/1/MasterThesisBasSchuitema.pdf