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Fertility transition has been slow in sub-Saharan Africa. Recently, however, there is evidence to suggest a fertility transition in some countries and some major regions in sub-Saharan Africa. Notable among these is Nigeria where Cohen (1993) asserts that there has been a drop o…

The revolutionary political upheavals, the structural socioeconomic changes after the 1979 revolution, and the first post-revolutionary family planning and health program are argued to be the major factors that led to swings in fertility levels over the last decades in Iran. How…