title: Fertility differentials in rural Sierra Leone: demographic and socioeconomic effects.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Serow
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000354:Africa, Western; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D005006:Ethnicity; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005298:Fertility; D005843:Geography; D006280:Health Workforce; D007182:Income; D007226:Infant Mortality; D017533:Marital Status; D008393:Marriage; D009026:Mortality; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009790:Occupations; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011156:Population Density; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012067:Religion; D012106:Research; D012424:Rural Population; D012807:Sierra Leone; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Child Mortality; Cultural Background; Currently Married; Data Analysis; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Differential Fertility; Economic Factors; Educational Status--men; Educational Status--women; English Speaking Africa; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Size; Family Size, Desired; Fertility; Fertility Determinants; Geographic Factors; Human Resources; Income; Infant Mortality; Interdisciplinary Studies; Marital Status; Marriage; Marriage Age; Marriage Patterns; Mortality; Multivariate Analysis; Nuptiality; Occupations--women; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Population Size; Religion; Research Methodology; Rural Population; Sierra Leone; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Spatial Distribution; Tribes; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization; Western Africa