 Fertility differentials among the Ijo in Southern Nigeria: Does urban residence make a difference?Marida Hollos and Ulla Larsen Social Science & Medicine, 1992, vol. 35, issue 9, 1199-1210 Abstract: The paper tests some of the conflicting hypotheses regarding the effects of urban living and education on fertility by examining the fertility levels of women migrants--some educated, others not--to various urban centers in one Nigerian ethnic group. Of particular interest are the conditions under which the urban residents live and the concept of 'urban' is examined in this West African context. Research methodology consisted of a two-pronged approach and combined an intensive ethnographic study of the families in the rural home community and in one urban center with a demographic survey administered to a larger sample of the rural residents and urban migrants. Analysis indicates that the effect of education on fertility is more powerful than urban or rural residence. The importance of utilizing culturally appropriate categories in demographic research is discussed. Keywords: Nigeria; urban; fertility; education (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:socmed:v:35:y:1992:i:9:p:1199-1210 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Social Science & Medicine is currently edited by Ichiro (I.) Kawachi and S.V. (S.V.) Subramanian More articles in Social Science & Medicine from Elsevier |
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