Youth migration, livelihood prospects and demographic dividend: A comparison of the Census 2011 and Agincourt Health and Demographic Surveillance System in the rural northeast of South Africa [0.03%]
青年流动、生计前景与人口红利:南非农村东北部人口普查(2011年)与阿金库特健康和 demographic surveillance system 的比较研究
Mark A Collinson,Michael J White,Carren Ginsburg et al.
Mark A Collinson et al.
The 2011 South African national census shows a cohort of young adults comprising an increasing share of the population. This finding is borne out in longitudinal data from the Agincourt Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS). Thi...
Integrating the Demographic and Health Surveys, IPUMS-I, and TerraPopulus to Explore Mortality and Health Outcomes at the District Level in Ghana, Malawi, and Tanzania [0.03%]
结合人口与健康调查、IPUMS-I 和 TerraPopulus 探索加纳、马拉维和坦桑尼亚地区层面的死亡率和健康结局
Rachel Sullivan Robinson,Ann Meier,Jenny Trinitapoli et al.
Rachel Sullivan Robinson et al.
In this paper, we first show how the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) can be integrated with other data sources to expand the types of variables available for analysis of population and health outcomes. Second, we demonstrate one partic...
Recent trends in the timing of first sex and marriage among young women in Ethiopia [0.03%]
埃塞俄比亚年轻女性初次性行为和结婚时间的最新趋势
A Alex Reda,David Lindstrom
A Alex Reda
Context: Ethiopia has been characterized by high population growth. Recent social and economic developments have the potential to alter reproductive patterns in the country. Some of these developments include sustained ec...
Tanzanian men's gender attitudes, HIV knowledge, and risk behaviours [0.03%]
坦桑尼亚男性的性别观念、艾滋病相关知识和危险行为
Lisa A Cubbins,Lucy P Jordan,Stephen E D Nsimba
Lisa A Cubbins
This study uses data from the 2004-05 Tanzanian Demographic and Health Survey to examine whether men's traditional gender role attitudes contribute to their sexual risk behaviours for HIV. Logistic regression with random effects were used t...
Uncertain future, non-numeric preferences, and the fertility transition: A case study of rural Mozambique [0.03%]
不确定的未来、非数值偏好与生育转变:莫桑比克农村案例研究
Sarah R Hayford,Victor Agadjanian
Sarah R Hayford
In many high-fertility countries, and especially in sub-Saharan Africa, substantial proportions of women give non-numeric responses when asked about desired family size. Demographic transition theory has interpreted responses of "don't know...
Capitalizing on Nigeria's demographic dividend: reaping the benefits and diminishing the burdens [0.03%]
把握尼日利亚的人口红利:趋利避害
Holly E Reed,Blessing U Mberu
Holly E Reed
Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the eighth most populous country in the world, yet there is a dearth of published research about its demography. As Nigeria enters a period of potentially rapid economic growth due to the i...
Ubiquitous burden: the contribution of migration to AIDS and Tuberculosis mortality in rural South Africa [0.03%]
无处不在的重担:移民对南非农村地区艾滋病和结核病死亡率的影响
Philipe Bocquier,Mark A Collinson,Samuel J Clark et al.
Philipe Bocquier et al.
The paper aims to estimate the extent to which migrants are contributing to AIDS or tuberculosis (TB) mortality among rural sub-district populations. The Agincourt (South Africa) health and socio-demographic surveillance system provided com...
Modern contraceptive use among women in Uganda: An analysis of trend and patterns (1995-2011) [0.03%]
乌干达妇女的现代避孕法使用情况分析(1995-2011)
Jimmy Ronald Andi,Robert Wamala,Bruno Ocaya et al.
Jimmy Ronald Andi et al.
There is an extensive body of literature concerning modern contraceptive use among women in Uganda. A questionable aspect however is whether the impact of factors associated with modern contraceptive use has remained the same in the recent ...
Headship of older persons in the context of HIV/AIDS in rural South Africa [0.03%]
南非农村地区老年人在艾滋病背景下的领导作用
Enid Schatz,Sangeetha Madhavan
Enid Schatz
This paper examines older persons' positions as heads of households in the Agincourt sub-district of Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Older person's access to non-contributory pensions in a context of AIDS-related chronic illness and prem...
Rural-to-urban migration, kinship networks, and fertility among the Igbo in Nigeria [0.03%]
尼日利亚伊博人的城乡迁移、亲属关系网络与生育率问题
Daniel Jordan Smith
Daniel Jordan Smith
Like many African rural-to-urban migrants, Igbo-speaking migrants to cities in Nigeria maintain close ties to their places of origin. 'Home people' constitute a vital core of most migrants' social networks. The institution of kinship enable...