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  • Title: Botswana 1988: results from the demographic and health survey.
    Journal: Stud Fam Plann; 1990; 21(5):293-7. PubMed ID: 2237998.
    Abstract:
    The Botswana Demographic and Health Survey, or the Botswana Family Health Survey II, was done on behalf of the Botswana Ministry of Health by the Central Statistics Office, within the framework of the Demographic and Health Survey Program of the Institute for Resource Development/MacroSystems. The Botswana Family Health Survey II was a nationally representative sample survey. Data were gathered from 4473 households and complete interviews were done with 4368 women, aged 15- 49. Field work for the survey took place between August and December, 1988. The summary statistics were taken from the Botswana country report. The population size (in 1000s) changed from 549.2 in 1965 to 9015 in 1980, an increase of 64.1%. The total % of women with no education was 23.9%. 26% completed secondary or higher levels of education. The total fertility rate was 6.7 in 1955-60, 6.5 in 1980-85 according to UN estimates. The survey estimate for 1985-88 is 4.9. Fertility differentials from 1985-88 were a total fertility rate of 5.4 for rural residents; 3.9, urban. 5.9 was the total fertility rate for women with no education: it was 3.4 for those who had completed secondary or higher levels. The age-specific fertility rate for those women aged 15-19, 0-4 years before the survey (1983-88) was 125 (per 1000 women per year). For those 45-49 years old during the same years, it was (38) (a partially truncated rate). The ideal number of children is 6.0 for those 40-44 years. The % of women who want no more children is 32.7% overall. The planning status of births in the year before the survey by birth order is shown. Of all births, 40.3% wanted a child then. 25.8% of rural and 38.8% of urban women are using contraception. Of those with no education, 18.4% are using contraception. The total of those using modern methods is 29.7%. Contraceptive use among women in union is 33%. The % of all women who use contraception ages 35-39 is 36.1%. The % currently using any modern method is 28.9. Reasons for nonuse include infrequent sex, opposition to family planning, and partner disapproval. For all women, age at 1st intercourse is 17.3 for women now aged 30-34. Differentials in breastfeeding and amenorrhea are given. The % still breast feeding after 2-3 months of birth is 96.6%.
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