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Cessation of childbearing in the absence of contraception in Sri Lanka

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Indra Gajanayake
Indra Gajanayake
Affiliation:
Demographic Training and Research Unit, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Summary

In data from the Sri Lanka Fertility Survey, 1975, the cessation of childbearing is examined among women who have never used contraception. They tend to cease childbearing relatively early, and therefore are infertile for longer periods during their marriages. It is probably age of the first child that influences decisions on future fertility.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , January 1987 , pp. 65 - 71
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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