title: [Demographic background, present, and future of Kenya].
abstract: "The development of the population in Kenya marks some demographic records whose exploration and explanation may contribute considerably to...demographic theory and practice:  a record-breaking birth rate, fertility rate and natural population growth, a high percentage of 'dependent' population, homogenicity of fertility of the different social groups, a relatively high [level of] desired number of children, a relatively low index of general and infant mortality and other demographic peculiarities.  Such demographic characterization offers material for a theoretical analysis and generalization of a historically long social experiment."  (summary in ENG, RUS)
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authors.lastname: Vasilev
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000351:Africa, Eastern; D001723:Birth Rate; D003710:Demography; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005298:Fertility; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007630:Kenya; D009026:Mortality; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D012942:Social Sciences
keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Birth Rate; Demographic Factors; Demography; Dependency Burden; Developing Countries; Eastern Africa; Economic Factors; English Speaking Africa; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Size; Family Size, Desired; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Infant Mortality; Kenya; Microeconomic Factors; Mortality; Natural Increase; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Growth; Population Theory; Social Sciences