Fertility

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Current South African issues of poverty, HIV/AIDS & youth. Seminar proceedings This volume, based on the 2002 conference 'Fertility: The Current South African Issues of Poverty, HIV/AIDS, and Youth' emanating from the partnership between the Department of Social Development, the South African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN), and the HSRC, examines the underlying inextricable link between fertility and socio-economic development. This collaborative volume analyses the complex features of the current fertility trends in post-apartheid South Africa. Topics examined include the demographic fertility profile of the country's population, determinants of fertility-related behaviours in the context of HIV/AIDS settings such as sexual initiation, contraceptive use, and the broader regional fertility issues. While providing insight into the country's evolving fertility profile, the contributors argue that further debate and detailed exploration of fertility-related topics are needed to fully comprehend the dynamic factors underlying the country's fertility trends.

Foreword: Dr ZST Skweyiya, MP
Preface: Dr Mark Orkin
Overview: Department of Social Development
Acknowledgements
Acronyms

Introduction: Christine Varga

1. Fertility transition in South Africa and its impact on the four major racial groups
   Leon Swartz
   
2. Fertility, poverty and gender
   Barbara A Anderson
   Response to 2
   Monde B Makiwane
   
3. Youth and fertility
   Kim Eva Dickson
   Response to Paper 3
   Eric O Udjo
   
4. HIV/AIDS and fertility
   Gretchen du Plessis
   
5. Fertility issues in Southern Africa
   John C Caldwell and Pat Caldwell

Prepared by the Child, Youth and Family Development Research Programme of the HSRC in collaboration with the Department of Social Development