Traditional supports and contemporary disrupters of high fertility desires in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

The desired number of children is markedly higher in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) than in other major regions. Efforts to understand how and why these desires are generated and maintained have yielded a broad research literature. Yet there is no full picture of the range of contextual, cultural, and economic factors that support and disrupt high fertility desires.

Objective

This scoping review synthesizes thirty years of research on the determinants of fertility desires in SSA to better understand what factors underlie men and women's stated fertility desires and how they weigh the costs and benefits of having (more) children.

Method

We identified and screened 9863 studies published from 1990 to 2021 from 18 social science, demographic, and health databases. We

SUBMITTER: Church AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10242605 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature