bility substantially increased requests for contraceptive information among adolescents.4 Other studies have shown that exposure to a mass media family planning campaign increases contraceptive use.5 Several studies have reported changes in Nigerians’ knowledge of and attitudes toward family planning.6 These studies, however, did not examine the association between attitudes toward contraceptio...

BACKGROUND Of global concern is the decline in under five children mortality which has reversed in some countries in sub Saharan Africa (SSA) since the early 1990 s which could be due to disparities in access to preventive services including immunization. This paper is aimed at determining the trend in disparities in completion of immunization using Tanzania Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)...

OBJECTIVES To derive the best possible estimates of trends in age at first sex (AFS) among successive cohorts of Ugandan men and women based on all the data available from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and cohort studies in Masaka and Rakai districts. METHODS The datasets from the DHS, Masaka cohort and Rakai cohort were analysed separately. Survival analysis methods were used to e...

The purpose of the study was to identify, systematize and evaluate influence regional environmental factors on dynamics demographic processes in Arctic regions Russia. Based use correlation regression analysis authors revealed highly differentiated relationships between indicators characterizing key environment. established connections allow a deeper understanding factorial impact Arctic, devel...