Reproduction and Social Context in Sub-Saharan Africa

SAMUEL AGYEI-MENSAH is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography and Resource Development at the University of Ghana. He is currently working on a book on the spread of HIV/AIDS in Ghana.JOHN B. CASTERLINE is Senior Research Associate in the Policy Research Division at the Population Council in New York. He is the author of Diffusion Processes and Fertility Transition (2001).

• Foreword by George BennehReproduction and Social Context in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Introduction by Samuel Agyei-Mensah and John B. CasterlineSocial Organization and Reproductive Behavior in Southern Ghana by Dominic K. Agyeman and John B. CasterlineSocial Identity and Community in the Fertility of Southern Ethiopian Women by Dennis P.Hogan and Betemariam BerhanuThe Fertility Impact of the Rahad Irrigation Project, Sudan by El-Rayah A. OsmanSocial Setting, Birth Timing, and Subsequent Fertility in the Ghanaian South by Samuel Agyei-Mensah, Asbjorn Aase, and Kofi Awusabo-AsareChanges in Reproductive Ideology and Its Control from Natural to Limited Fertility Regimes in Malawi by Eliya Msiyaphazi Zulu and Ezekiel KalipeniThe Nature of Unmet Need for Contraception in Ndola, Zambia by Ann E. Biddlecom and Frederick A.D. KaonaSpace, Context, and Hardship: Socializing Children into Sexual Activity in Kenyan Slums by F. Nii-Amoo Dodoo, Melissa Sloan, and Eliya Msiyaphazi ZuluEconomic Transactions Associated with Sexual Intercourse Among Malian Adolescents: Implications for Sexual Health by Sarah Castle and Mamadou Kani KonateNew Lights on the Sub-Saharan African Fertility Transition: Conclusion by John C Caldwll and Pat CaldwellIndex