Accelerating fertility decline in Zambia: Opening the window of opportunity for the demographic dividend
9 May 2015
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Zambia’s fertility has declined slowly in the context of steady decline in child mortality over the past three decades. Consequently, 45% of the population is under 15 years of age, which has resulted in a high child dependency burden.
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