The End of the Rejuvenation of the Fertility Schedule in Brazil: Evidence from Changes in Contraception Use and Reproductive Preferences among Adolescents and Young Women

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Population Review Pub Date : 2018-02-24 DOI:10.1353/PRV.2018.0001

Ana Paula Verona

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Abstract

Abstract:For the first time since the beginning of Brazil’s fertility decline, its schedule has stopped rejuvenating. A key factor for this phenomenon is the sharp decrease of fertility among teenagers in the first decade of the 21st century. This paper examines recent changes in two determinants of reproductive behavior of adolescents and young women in Brazil: the use of contraceptives and the ideal number of children. Using data from the 1996 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) and the 2006 Pesquisa Nacional de Demografia e Saúde (PNDS), changes in the use of contraceptives and reproductive preferences according to age groups and cohorts are examined. The results show a great increase in the use of contraception among adolescents and young women and indicate an increase in preference for low parity and a decrease in the average ideal number of children across cohorts. The early fertility schedule in Brazil in addition with lower expectations regarding future fertility strongly suggest that there is a lot of room for further decline of fertility in the country. The study emphasizes recent and not yet investigated changes in adolescents and young women' reproductive behavior in Brazil and sheds light on the likely continuation of changes in the Brazilian fertility schedule and level.

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巴西生育计划恢复的结束:来自青少年和年轻妇女避孕使用和生殖偏好变化的证据

摘要:自巴西生育率开始下降以来，其生育计划首次停止恢复。造成这一现象的一个关键因素是21世纪头十年青少年生育率的急剧下降。本文考察了巴西青少年和年轻妇女生殖行为的两个决定因素的最新变化:避孕药具的使用和理想的子女数量。利用1996年人口与健康调查(DHS)和2006年全国人口调查(PNDS)的数据，检查了不同年龄组和年龄组的避孕药具使用情况和生育偏好的变化。结果显示，在青少年和年轻妇女中使用避孕措施的人数大大增加，并表明对低胎次的偏好有所增加，而在所有队列中，平均理想子女数有所减少。巴西的早期生育计划以及对未来生育率的较低预期强烈表明，该国的生育率还有很大的进一步下降空间。该研究强调了巴西青少年和年轻妇女生殖行为的最新变化和尚未调查的变化，并阐明了巴西生育计划和水平可能继续发生的变化。

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