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Fertility and child mortality in rural Ethiopia: Gondar and Hararge regions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Genet Mengistu
Genet Mengistu
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Central Statistical Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Summary

This paper presents fertility and child mortality estimates for agricultural households of the Gondar and Hararge regions, based on the 1981 Rural Demographic Survey. The study shows that fertility and child mortality are quite high in both regions as in the rest of the country. However, Hararge has significantly higher mean parity and child mortality than Gondar.

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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 115 - 122
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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