| 1. Title: [Ivory Coast Fertility Survey 1980-81. Principal report. Volume I. Analysis of the principal findings] Enquete Ivoirienne sur la Fecondite 1980-81. Rapport principal. Volume I. Analyse des principaux resultats. Author: Ivory Coast. Direction de la Statistique Source: Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Direction de la Statistique, 1984. 294 p. (World Fertility Survey [WFS]) Abstract: This report presents results of the 1980-81 Ivory Coast Fertility Survey (ICFS). The ICFS demonstrated that the Ivory Coast has a relatively high level of fertility, with a total fertility rate of 7 children. The high level of fertility is explained by the very young age structure in which 46% of females are of reproductive age, low level of contraception with only 4% currently using a method, the very low level of infertility effecting only 3% of women in unions, the young age of entry into unions of 18 years, and the average duration of fertile life of 20 years assuming termination of reproduction at 38 years. Age at 1st marriage varied little by residence or religion, but varied more significantly by ethnic group and particularly by educational level, with illiterate women marrying at17, women with primary educations marrying at 18, and more educated women marrying at 20. Premarital sexual relations are not taboo and the average age at 1st intercourse was 17 years. Only about 1% of women never married, but 73% of 1st unions were eventually terminated. 80% of the women in interrupted 1st unions established subsequent unions, so that about 93% of nonsingle women were in unions at the time of the survey. Because periods of rupture were very short, the proportion of time spent in union was 94%. Unions were less stable in urban areas and among Christians and animists. 41% of women currently in union had polygamous spouses, who had on average 2.3 wives. Polygamy was more frequent in traditional marriages, among illiterate women, Muslims, and in rural areas, and was especially pronounced among women over 25 years old. Comparative analysis of nuptiality and fertility demonstrated that polygamy has no negative effect on fertility. The average age at 1st birth was 19 years and appeared to have declined from 21 years for the oldest cohort to 17-18 years for the younger cohorts, paralleling a decline in age at 1st union. The mean duration of the 1st birth interval was 20 months, although 29% of births and conceptions were prenuptial. Women experienced 26% of their fertllity during the 1st 5 years of marriage. The ICFS confirmed findings of previous studies that fertility has not declined in the past 2 decades. Fertility differentials by education, husband's occupation, wife's employment status, and place of residence suggest that some socioeconomic factors will have a nonnegligable effect on fertility in the future. Illiterate women had 6.3 children each, women with primary education had 5.7, and those with more education had 4.8. Women aged 45 or over had experienced an average of 2 child deaths each, but the mortality rate for children under 5 has declined significantly since 1965. Women desired an average of 8-9 children each, with the most educated desiring 2 or 3 fewer children. Current use of contraception was only .6% for effective methods, but lactation was almost universally practiced and was strongly linked to postpartum abstinence, largely accounting for the average interval between births of 34 months. Language: French Keywords: COTE D'IVOIRE | WORLD FERTILITY SURVEYS | FERTILITY SURVEYS | DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS | SURVEY METHODOLOGY | SURVEYS | POPULATION STATISTICS | DATA COLLECTION | RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | FERTILITY | DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS | POPULATION DYNAMICS | POPULATION | NUPTIALITY | FAMILY SIZE, IDEAL | FAMILY SIZE | FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS | FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD | CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE | REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR | STATISTICS | INFANT MORTALITY | AGE FACTORS | EDUCATIONAL STATUS | RURAL POPULATION | URBAN POPULATION | RELIGION | EMPLOYMENT STATUS | MACROECONOMIC FACTORS | Developing Countries | Africa, Western | Africa, Sub Saharan | Africa | Fertility Measurements | Sampling Studies | Studies | Contraception | Family Planning | Mortality | Population Characteristics | Socioeconomic Status | Socioeconomic Factors | Economic Factors Document Number: 030263 |
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