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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Male and female sterility in Zambia
Demographic Research, Volume 30, No. 1, Year 2014
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Description
Background: Population measures of sterility are traditionally constructed for women, despite fertility and sterility being conditions of the couple. Estimates of male sterility provide insight into population-level sterility, and complement estimates based solely on women. Objective: This study seeks to estimate male sterility for the Gwembe Tonga of Zambia using male birth histories collected by the Gwembe Tonga Research Project from 1957 to 1995, while providing context by estimating female sterility for the Gwembe Tonga, as well as female sterility in all of Zambia, from Zambian DHS data (1992, 1997, 2001-02, and 2007). Methods: Sterility is measured using the Larson-Menken subsequently infertile indicator. Estimates are produced using discrete time event history analysis. Results: The odds of sterility were higher for women than men, though women's odds of sterility were only 1.5 times that of men's in the middle reproductive years. The odds of sterility increased steadily with age for both men and women, and across all datasets. However, women's sterility increased much more sharply with age than men's did, and women's odds of sterility were higher than men's at all reproductive ages. © 2014 Athena Pantazis & Samuel J. Clark.
Authors & Co-Authors
Pantazis, Athena
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Clark, Samuel J.
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
United States, Boulder
University of Colorado Boulder
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Ghana, Accra
Indepth Network
United Kingdom, London
Alpha Network
Statistics
Citations: 2
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.4054/DemRes.2014.30.14
e-ISSN:
14359871
Research Areas
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Zambia
Participants Gender
Male
Female