Laboratory

Fertility and Well-Being

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Project

Union–Fertility Nexus and Fertility Variation in Sub-Saharan Africa (Dissertation)

Ben Malinga John (MPIDR / Stockholm University, Sweden), Natalie Nitsche, Mikko Myrskylä; in Collaboration with Elizabeth Thomson (Stockholm University, Sweden), Vissého Adjiwanou (University of Montreal, Canada)

This project positions the role (or lack thereof) of union dissolution and repartnering within the discourse of fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa.  Detailed Description

Publications

John, B. M.:

Neglected forces of fertility variation in sub-Saharan Africa: the role of marital dissolution and repartnering

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2023-031. (2023)    

John, B. M.; Nitsche, N.:

Indirect estimation of the timing of first union dissolution with incomplete marriage histories

Demography 60:2, 411–430. (2023)    

John, B.; Adjiwanou, V.:

Fertility decline in sub-Saharan Africa: does remarriage matter?

Population Studies 76:2, 213–233. (2022)    

John, B.; Nitsche, N.:

Indirect estimation of the timing of first union dissolution with incomplete marriage histories

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2022-011. (2022)    

John, B.; Nitsche, N.:

Marital life courses in sub-Saharan Africa: all cause union dissolution, its timing, and time spent outside marriage

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2022-017. (2022)    

John, B.; Nitsche, N.:

Dynamics of union dissolution in sub-Saharan Africa

Population and Development Review 48:4, 1163–1201. (2022)    

John, B.; Nitsche, N.:

Stalls and reversals in age at first marriage in sub-Saharan Africa: the role of female education expansion

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2021-022. (2021)