tailieunhanh - Fertility

The focus of this volume, based on the 2002 conference ’Fertility: The Current South African Issues of Poverty, HIV/AIDS, and Youth’ emanating from the partnership between the Department of Social Development, the South African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN) and the HSRC, is to examine the underlying inextricable link between fertility and the socio-economic development. | Compiled by the Child Youth and Family Development Research Programme Human Sciences Research Council Published by HSRC Publishers cứ Private Bag X9182 Cape Town 8000 South Africa J cứ g 2003 Human Sciences Research Council and Department of Social Development Q. First published 2003 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic mechanical or other means including photocopying and recording or in any information storage or retrieval system without permission in writing from the HSRC and c - the Department of Social Development. cj ISBN 0-7969-2035-4 Cover by Jenny Young Beaded dolls crafted by township women from the Monkeybiz bead project Tel 021 426-0145 email monkeybiz@ Production by comPress Design and typesetting by Christabel Hardacre Printed by Creda Press Distributed in Africa by Blue Weaver Marketing and Distribution PO Box 30370 Tokai Cape Town 7966 South Africa. Tel 27 21-701-4477 Fax 27 21-701-7302 email booksales@ Distributed worldwide except Africa by Independent Publishers Group 814 North Franklin Street Chicago IL 60610 USA. To order call toll-free 1-800-888-4741 All other inquiries Tel 312-337-0747 Fax 312-337-5985 email Frontdesk@ Contents cú N o Z o p. o Z T5 ạ L s o o Foreword Dr ZST Skweyiya MP ix Preface Dr Mark Orkin xiii Overview Department of Social Development xv Acknowledgements xvii Acronyms xviii Introduction Christine Varga 1 Paper 1 Fertility transition in South Africa and its impact on the four major racial groups 7 Leon Swartz Paper 2 Fertility poverty and gender 27 Barbara A Anderson Response to Paper 2 57 Monde B Makiwane Paper 3 Youth and fertility 59 Kim Eva Dickson Response to Paper 3 72 Eric O Udjo Paper 4 HIV AIDS and fertility 77 Gretchen du Plessis Paper 5 Fertility issues in Southern Africa 117 John C Caldwell and Pat Caldwell List of figures Figure .