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  • Title: Migrant/non-migrant fertility differentials in urban Nigeria.
    Author: Makinwa PK.
    Journal: PAN; 1985 Dec; 1(1):45-66. PubMed ID: 12282071.
    Abstract:
    This paper reviews data derived from a detailed questionnaire of fertility history administered to 1076 migrant and indigenous urban resident, ever-married women and mothers in their reproductive ages (14-49 years) during the course of a survey of migrant and non-migrant household in Benin City. Individual characteristics that have been identified as affecting fertility, such as age at, and duration of marriage, occupation and educational status are examined. The results indicate that 17.5% of the women marry before the age of 15, and 94% are married by 24 years of age. On the whole, monogamous and polygamous marriages are fairly stable among women of all groups; 91.9% and 94.5% of marriages among urban women in Western Nigeria were unbroken at the time of survey in 1969. Monogamy prevails, but women with no formal education are more likely to be polygamous than women with some formal education. 62.9% of the sample population have had primary education and higher although indigenous urban women tend to have obtained higher education. Urban fertility is high Nigeria. The total fertility rate for Benin is 7.860 and the average number of children is 3.406 per women respectively. The estimated annual rate of growth for Benin is 8.6, which reflects a faster rate of growth than other urban centers. In keeping with previous findings, fertility levels of migrant women were found to be higher than those of urban dwellers. However, the issue of higher rural versus higher urban fertility is still unresolved, and further investigation is needed.
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