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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento
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| 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 |
| Summary: | 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 the most expressive drops in the average number of children per woman. |
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| ISSN: | 0101-3300 |