{"id":8097,"date":"2018-03-22T09:12:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T06:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ug\/?p=8097"},"modified":"2018-03-22T09:13:58","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T06:13:58","slug":"fertility-rate-among-ugandan-women-is-declining-govt-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/fertility-rate-among-ugandan-women-is-declining-govt-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Fertility rate among Ugandan women is declining- Govt Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new Uganda Demographic and Health Survey have shown that across the country there has been a reduction in fertility rate among Ugandan women from 6.9 percent to 5.4 percent. Releasing key findings of the survey yesterday, Ben Mungyereza executive director of Uganda Bureau of Statistics said this shows a decline of 1.5 percent children.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-g-rec td-g-rec-id-content_inline td_uid_7_5ab1a876a2893_rand td_block_template_17 \"><\/div>\n<p>According to him fertility varies depending on residence and region, with rural women having an average of 5.9% compared to 4% among urban ones.<\/p>\n<p>He adds that fertility is lower in Kampala at 3.5 % per woman and highest in Karamoja sub region at 7.9% per woman.<\/p>\n<p>It also varies with education levels 2.6 percent for educated ones, while the rate stands at 6.4% for the uneducated ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Uganda Demographic and Health Survey have shown that across the country there has been a reduction in fertility rate among Ugandan women from 6.9 percent to 5.4 percent. 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