Fertility in decline: a brief note on the decrease in the number of births in Brazil

This article analyses data on fertility in Brazil from the 2004 National Household Sample Survey, which confirmed a downward trend in the number of births per woman. The expectation is that the next few years could see a decrement in the least privileged segments of the population, responsible for t...

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Main Authors: Elza Berquó, Suzana Cavenaghi, Anthony Doyle
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento
Series:Novos Estudos CEBRAP
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Online Access:http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-33002006000200001&lng=en&tlng=en