An Analysis of Reproductive Behavior in Brazil (English)

Document Type

Further Analysis

Publication Topic(s)

Fertility and Fertility Preferences

Country(s)

Brazil

Language

English

Author(s)

Nelson do Valle Silva, Maria Helena F. T. Henriques, Amaury de Souza, Instituto de Estudos Econômicos, Sociais e Políticos de São Paulo and DHS Program, IRD/Macro, Columbia, Maryland, USA

Publication Date

April 1990

Publication ID

FA6

Abstract:

Brazil's population has undergone a major fertility decline in the past twenty years. Changing fertility patterns are analyzed in this report with data from the 1986 nationwide maternity-child health and contraceptive survey.