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The Role of socioeconomic factors in fertility of Umuahia women in Abia State, Nigeria
Abstract
Rapid population growth arising from high fertility has been argued as being disadvantageous to the economic growth of countries especially the developing country like Nigeria. This paper examines the role of socioeconomic factors in fertility. The study elicited information from 500 women of the reproductive age of 15-49 years with Davis and Blake framework, economic and intergenerational wealth flows theories of fertility forming the theoretical orientation for the study. The mean age of the respondents and mean number of children were reported as 30.4 years and 3.6 children respectively. Respondents. age was statistically significant with fertility, while ordinal linear regression analysis showed that respondents. levels of educational and marital status were significant determinants of the number of children born by the respondents. There is a fairly high rate of fertility in the study area. Knowledge of these factors influencing fertility is a fundamental step for strategies to achieving sustainable development.
Keywords: socio-economic factors, fertility, proximate variables, Abia State
