TY - RPRT AU - Kizito, Paul M. AU - Obungu, Walter AU - Kibet, Moses AU - Njogu, Wamucii CY - Calverton, Maryland, USA TI - Fertility transition in Kenya T2 - DHS Further Analysis Reports No. 11 PB - Macro International PY - 1991 UR - http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FA11/FA11.pdf AB - This study adopts the proximate determinants framework to examine fertility change in Kenya. Three objectives are pursued. The first one is to describe fertility levels and trends at the aggregate and subgroup level, classified by level of education and type and region of residence. The second objective is to document trends in the proximate determinants of fertility (breastfeeding, contraceptive use, marital patterns, postpartum infecundability, and sterility). The third objective is to examine the relative role of the various determinants to the fertility decline. Specifically, the Bongaarts' model (Bongaarts, 1978 and Bongaarts and Potter, 1983) is employed to decompose the fertility decline into parts due to changes in each determinant. N1 - For assistance using downloaded citations from The DHS Program, please visit http://dhsprogram.com/publications/Citing-DHS-Publications.cfm. The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) is a 13-year project to assist government and private agencies in developing countries to conduct national sample surveys on population and maternal and child health. Funded primarily by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), DHS is administered by Macro International Inc. in Columbia, Maryland, USA. ER -