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  • Title: Fertility in Kuwait: 1970-1985.
    Author: Kohli KL, Al-omain MH.
    Journal: Genus; 1993; 49(3-4):55-69. PubMed ID: 12346230.
    Abstract:
    The data used came primarily from the published reports of censuses and vital registration system. In 1986 the Kuwaiti birth rate was around 30 per 1000 population and the total fertility rate (TFR) was about 4.4. In 1970 the birth rate was about 45/1000 and the TFR was about 7. The crude birth rate of non-Kuwaitis was over 44 in the beginning of the 1970s and it dropped to almost 21 in 1986. In contrast, the rate of Kuwaitis increased and reached 51/1000 in 1975 but declined to 45 in 1986. This was attributable to pronatalism, improved health facilities, rising wealth, the youthful age structure of the population, and government incentives to promote native fertility. The age pattern of current fertility showed that women ages 25-34 had stable fertility, while the incidence of births of women 30 years and older had been increasing. The decline in the marital fertility rate in the fertile age groups under 30 was compensated by the higher fertility in older age groups over 30. The total fertility rate thus declined slightly from 7.2 in 1975 to 6.5 in 1985 for Kuwaitis but much more drastically from 5.2 in 1975 to 3 in 1985 for non-Kuwaitis. In 1985, 27.6% of Kuwaiti births were 6th and later births compared to 17.8% of non-Kuwaiti births. One factor contributing to these trends during 1975-1985 is age at marriage: 22.4 years for Kuwaiti females in 1985 versus 20.9 years in 1975. In 1980 in the age group of 45-49 the number of children ever born was 6.83 for illiterate women and 3.42 for women who had college education. Also in 1980, the mean age at first marriage for women who were illiterate was 18.5 years, it was 18.9 years for those with primary education, 21.5 years for those with secondary education, and 23.1 years for those with university education, respectively. The continuing high fertility of Kuwaitis could probably decline only if the economy underwent more industrialization.
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