FERTILITY DECLINE IN TANZANIA

According to the 1991/92 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey, a Tan zanian woman has, on average, 6.1 births before she reaches age 50, a decline of about one birth per woman since the early 1980s. The major proximate determinant of fertility is universal and prolonged breast-f eeding. An analysis of the social and demographic correlates of fertil ity shows that infant and child mortality, level of education and age at first marriage are among the factors which significantly influence fertility in Tanzania.