EXPLAINING the FERTILITY PUZZLE in Sri Lanka

Gaminiratne Wijesekere; Dharma Arunachalam

doi:10.1017/S0021932015000012

EXPLAINING the FERTILITY PUZZLE in Sri Lanka

Gaminiratne Wijesekere, Dharma Arunachalam^*

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Fertility transition in Sri Lanka began in the mid-1960s and the declining trend continued over the decades. The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) of 2000 showed the total fertility rate (TFR) reaching 1.9 births per woman, a level below replacement fertility. The next DHS of 2006/7 showed a TFR of 2.3. Some have interpreted this pattern as indicating a reversal of the fertility transition. This paper casts doubts on the below-replacement fertility revealed in the 2000 survey.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	845-852
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Biosocial Science
Volume	47
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932015000012
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2015

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