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INDEPTH Fertility Monograph INDEPTH AGM; Pune, India; October 26-30, 2009

INDEPTH Fertility Monograph INDEPTH AGM; Pune, India; October 26-30, 2009. Date of conception : February 2008 Lead Editor : Fotso JC (Nairobi) Co-Editors : Muhwava W (Africa Centre), Razzaque A (Matlab) & Odimegwu C ( Agincourt)

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INDEPTH Fertility Monograph INDEPTH AGM; Pune, India; October 26-30, 2009

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  1. INDEPTH Fertility MonographINDEPTH AGM; Pune, India; October 26-30, 2009 Date of conception: February 2008 Lead Editor: Fotso JC (Nairobi) Co-Editors: Muhwava W (Africa Centre), Razzaque A (Matlab) & Odimegwu C (Agincourt) Others: Bawah A (INDEPTH Secretariat), Ochako R (Nairobi), INDEPTH Fertility Group Reviewers: Prof John C (LSHTM), Dr Cheikh M (Board), Dr Tom M (UCT), Dr Abass B (Chakaria), Prof Rosalia S (SAC & Kanchanaburi) 1

  2. Outline • Progress since October 2008 • Reviewers comments on preliminary drafts • Nairobi and Accra meetings • Participating HDSS sites • Monograph structure • Preliminary findings • Characterizing fertility levels across sites • Differences in fertility trends • Fertility-Mortality association • Way Forward • Data quality check & review of revised chapters • Draft of general chapters and merging of sites chapters within countries

  3. Progress since October 2008 • Reviewers comments • Between February and March 2009 • Use of similar methods to compute TFR • Need to improve the quality of the writing • Editors’ meeting in Nairobi (April 2009) • Three levels of participation offered to sites • From “Compilation of sites chapters” to “Global picture illustrated by selected sites chapters” • Review and feed back to sites • Editors’ meeting in Accra (July 2009) • Roles and responsibilities of Editors drafted • Authorship issues • Content of the Monograph finalized • Review and feed back to sites

  4. Progress: Participating HDSS sites

  5. Progress: Participating HDSS sites

  6. Progress: Participating HDSS sites

  7. Progress: Monograph Structure • Part I: Fertility in HDSS: Data and Methods • Part II: Characterising the fertility transition in Africa and Asia: Evidence from HDSS data (IUSSP, 2009) • Part III: Site specific chapters (8-10 chapters) • Introduction • Methodology • Results • Fertility Levels and Trends • Fertility Differentials by Education and Location • Proximate Determinants of Fertility • Discussion and conclusion • Part IV: Lessons learned & recommendations for further research

  8. Preliminary findings: Fertility Levels

  9. Preliminary findings: Asia Trends

  10. Preliminary findings: Africa Trends

  11. Preliminary findings:Mortality-Fertility

  12. Preliminary findings: Limitations & Challenges • Common denominator across sites • Missing key aspects of fertility (e.g. Contraception), data collection not designed for the Monograph • Monograph not designed to answer all possible fertility-related questions • It is just a start with focus on levels and trends • Broadened discussion section in sites’ chapters • Time constraints and priorities in HDSS sites and among co-Editors • In some cases: Capacity in data management • Hope: Initiative to arouse interest in fertility and RH analyses in HDSS sites

  13. Way Forward By January 2010 Data quality check Revision of sites chapters Selection of sites chapters to be published Internal review By end of February 2010 Draft of general chapters Merging of sites chapters within countries Internal review Between April & June 2010 Submission of the Book to the Reviewers Revisions Submission to the Publisher 13

  14. Acknowledgements • HDSS Sites’ Leaders and Staff, they are co-authors on the pooled chapter of the Monograph • INDEPTH Secretariat Thank You

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