Session 23:
Fertility Transition in Africa
Chair: Francis Dodoo, Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS)
Discussant: John B. Casterline, Ohio State University
Association between Child Marriage and Reproductive Health Outcomes: A Multi-Country Study of Sub-Saharan Africa Deepali Godha, Tulane University ; Anastasia J. Gage, Tulane University ; David Hotchkiss, Tulane University
Convergence of Fertility Levels between Native South Africans and Former Refugees of Mozambican Origin in Agincourt, Rural Northeast of South Africa from 1993-2009 Latifat D. G. Ibisomi, University of the Witwatersrand ; Jill Williams, University of Colorado at Boulder ; Benn Sartorius, University of the Witwatersrand ; Kathleen Kahn, University of the Witwatersrand ; Mark Collinson, University of the Witwatersrand ; Michel Garenne, Institut Pasteur
Fertility in Context John R. Weeks, San Diego State University ; Justin Stoler, San Diego State University ; Allan G. Hill, Harvard University
Religion and the Transition to Low Fertility in sub-Saharan Africa Ivy A. Kodzi, Ohio State University
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