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Fertility rate among Ugandan women reduces from 6.9 percent to 5.4 percent

David Kugonza by David Kugonza
March 20, 2018
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BY TOM BRIAN ANGURINI.

A new Uganda Demographic and Health Survey have shown that across the country there has been a reduction in fertility rate among Ugandan women from 6.9 percent to 5.4 percent.

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Releasing key findings of the survey yesterday, Ben Mungyereza executive director of Uganda Bureau of Statistics said this shows a decline of 1.5 percent children.

According to him fertility varies depending on residence and region, with rural women having an average of 5.9% compared to 4% among urban ones.

He adds that fertility is lower in Kampala at 3.5 % per woman and highest in Karamojasub region at 7.9% per woman.

It also varies with education levels 2.6 percent for educated ones, while the rate stands at 6.4% for the uneducated ones.

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