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6 pages worth of compiled research and information on the social role of women in Kenya, their high fertility rates, culture, and tradition. Insight is given into the socio-health related problems that exist and what is (or is not) being done to solve them. An interview with a woman from Kenya (who now lives in the U.S.) is cited. Bibliography lists 6 relevant sources.
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the region. When information about a decline in fertility in Kenya and several other countries emerged recently, some heralded it as the beginning of a new era for Africa.
Many wondered if sub-Saharan Africa was finally on the brink of a contraceptive revolution that would mark the onset of widespread fertility decline. In some articles that I researched, however,
others remained skeptical about such a prospect. For the purpose of this writing, I have combined related research on Kenya and her neighbors with genuine responses obtained through an
interview with a twenty-one year old woman who has lived in several countries including Kenya and the United States. Statistically, patterns of childbearing vary across
Africa, whose population accounted for 10% of the world population in mid-1992. Despite much variation in language, customs and taboos, a common cultural vein runs through much of sub-Saharan
Africa which is reported to sustain high fertility. During 1985-90, the overall total fertility rate (i.e., the number of children a woman is expected to have by the end
of her childbearing age) was estimated at 6.3 children per woman for Africa as a whole, as compared to 3.4 for Asia and Latin America. In most of the sub-Saharan
countries (33 out of 46), fertility remains at levels of six or more children per woman, while only in two small countries (Mauritius and Reunion) is fertility
below four children. Rwanda has the highest reported fertility, with 8.5 children per woman and Kenya falls in the narrow range of 6.7-7.0 children per woman. (NJ Nightline
#). In the interview, my informant agreed that these statistics seemed likely, although she understandably could not verify their precise validity. According to both
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