Event Title
Closing the Poor-Rich Gap in Contraceptive Use in Rwanda: Understanding the Underlying Mechanisms
Description
Rwanda has made impressive progress in contraceptive use in the last decade. The contraceptive prevalence rate increased from 17% to 53% between 2005 and 2015. Unexpectedly, contraceptive uptake was higher among the less educated, poor, and rural populations than among the better educated, rich, or urban. This study provides elements of explanation for this unexpected increase and absence of historical disparities in contraceptive prevalence and formulates relevant policy implications and recommendations.
About the Speaker: Dr. Dieudonné N. Muhoza is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Rwanda in the Department of Applied Statistics. He holds a PhD in Demography obtained from the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. In addition to his teaching duties at University of Rwanda and others, he is a researcher and has participated in many national and international conferences. He has published several papers in international peer reviewed journals. His current research interest is to analyze the complex relationships between family size, poverty, and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa.W.
Document Type
Event
Start Date
2-10-2019 11:30 AM
End Date
2-10-2019 12:50 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Duration
1:14
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College
Program
World Issues Forum
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Family planning--Rwanda; Birth control--Rwanda; Contraception--Rwanda; Rural women--Sexual behavior--Rwanda; Urban women----Sexual behavior--Rwanda
Geographic Coverage
Rwanda
Type
Moving Image
Keywords
Rwanda, Contraception
Rights
This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws.
Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Closing the Poor-Rich Gap in Contraceptive Use in Rwanda: Understanding the Underlying Mechanisms
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Rwanda has made impressive progress in contraceptive use in the last decade. The contraceptive prevalence rate increased from 17% to 53% between 2005 and 2015. Unexpectedly, contraceptive uptake was higher among the less educated, poor, and rural populations than among the better educated, rich, or urban. This study provides elements of explanation for this unexpected increase and absence of historical disparities in contraceptive prevalence and formulates relevant policy implications and recommendations.
About the Speaker: Dr. Dieudonné N. Muhoza is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Rwanda in the Department of Applied Statistics. He holds a PhD in Demography obtained from the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. In addition to his teaching duties at University of Rwanda and others, he is a researcher and has participated in many national and international conferences. He has published several papers in international peer reviewed journals. His current research interest is to analyze the complex relationships between family size, poverty, and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa.W.
