dc.contributor.author | Kangi, Margaret W | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-22T07:30:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-22T07:30:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1978 | |
dc.identifier.citation | A thesis submitted to the population studies and research institute as partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of master of arts (population studies), university of Nairobi | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/24334 | |
dc.description.abstract | The main objective of this study was to establish whether
or not an urban-rural fertility differential exists between
Nairobi and Central Province. The study also aimed at identifying
the various socio-economic and demographic factors that have brought
about this fertility differential. It; was hypothesized that the
observed differences in the reproductive behaviour of women in
Nairobi and Central Province was due the variant influence
exerted on fertility by the socio-economic and demographic
variables.
The study revealed that a destined urban-rural fertility
differential exists between Nairobi are Central Province. A
fertility differential ranging from 33.3% to 59.6% was observed.
The socio-economic variables were for to be having an inhibiting effect on fertility in both Nairobi and Central Province. The correlation between fertility and the socio-economic variables
il)Nairobi (r. - 0:43) was higher than that of Central Province
(.'.- 0.308). In Nairobi, the socio-economic variables were
explaining l8.5~ of the total variation of the present fertility,
while, in Central Province they were explaining only 9.5%. In
Nairobi, a multiple correlation showing the relationship between
fertility and the demographic variables was R • 0.81 while in
Central Province it was R - 0.747. Both of these correlations
were found to be statistically significant at 99.% significance
level. In Nairobi, these variables explained 65.6~ of the total
variation of fertility while in Central Province they explained
difference in age at marriage between the tallied areas were
found to be instrumental in explaining the variant influence
rated 011. fertility by the demographic variables. The simple
correlation between age at marriage and fertility in Nairobi
was r- - 0.59 while- in Central Province it was r- - 0.42. Age
at marriage was explaining of the total variation of
fertility in Nairobi while in Central Province it was explaining
recommendation that arises from this study is
that in order to reduce the gap between urban and rural fertility
differentials the plan of action must integrate both the socio-
-economic and the demographic factors. If a reduction in
fertility is to be experienced in the rural areas, the plan of
action should aim at increasing both the educational levels of the
married females and household incomes as well as delaying the
age at marriage for the females. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.title | Urban-rural fertility differentials :a case study in Nairob and Central province | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
local.publisher | Institute of population Studies and research | en |