SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

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SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

• Cambodia DHS and Measure DHS
• Survey Objectives and Methodology
• Housing and Characteristics of the Population
• Fertility and its Determinants
• Fertility Preferences
• Family Planning
• Abortion
• Womens Status
• Domestic Violence
• HIV/AIDS and Other STIs
• Health Status and Utilization of Health Services
• Infant, Child and Maternal Mortality
• Maternal and Child Health
• Infant Feeding Childhood and Maternal Nutrition

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• Fertility levels, differentials trends
• Fertility-related factors

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Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
4.0

• Cambodian women are giving birth to an average of
  4 children during their reproductive years

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Fertility ratesby residence and education
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Fertility rates vary by region
? 4.0 4.0 to 4.5 4.6
and
Phnom Penh (2.1) Prey Veaeng Svay Rieng Kandal
CAMBODIA Bantey Mean Chey Kampong
Cham Kampong Thum Kaoh Kong Takaev Bat
Dambang/ Krong Pailin Kampot/Krong K./ K.P.
Sihanouk
Kampong Chhnang Kampong Spueu Pousat Preah
V./Stueng T./Kracheh Mondol K./Rotanak K.
(6.3) Siem Reab/Otdar Mean Chey
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Has the fertility rate changed since the 1998 NHS?
1998 NHS 4.1 children 2000 CDHS 4.0 children
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Has fertility declined over the last 20 years?
Births per 1,000 women
Age
Years preceding survey
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FERTILITY

• Fertility levels, differentials trends
• Fertility-related factors

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Median age at first sexual intercourse for women
age 25-49
Median age at first sex
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Median age at first marriagefor women age 20-49
Median age at first marriage
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Median age at first birthfor women age 20-49
Median age at first birth
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Median age at first sexual intercourse, first
marriage and first birth
First birth
First marriage
First sexual intercourse
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Age at first marriage by residence and education
For women age 25-49
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Age of mother at first birth, by residence and
education
For women age 25-49
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Birth intervals

• Half the births occur 34 months after the
  previous birth.
• However, 21 of births occur within a too short
  interval (less than 2 years)
• The shortest birth interval is in Mondol
  Kiri/Rotanak Kiri (29.3 months) and the longest
  is in Phnom Penh (37.7 months)

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Adolescent fertility
22
Percent
13
6
2
1
Age
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Median duration of postpartum insusceptibility
Months
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Main Findings

• The total fertility rate is 4.0 births per woman.
• Urban women and those with higher education
  have less children than other women.
• The lowest levels of fertility are found in
  Phnom Penh (2.1), Prey Veaeng (3.5), Svay Rieng
  (3.5), and Kandal (3.8).
• The highest level of fertility is found in Mondol
  Kiri and Rotanak Kiri (6.3).

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• Fertility has declined significantly over the
  last 10 years.
• At the age of 20, half the women are already
  married.
• At the age of 21.9, half the women already gave
  birth to their first child.
• By age 19, over one-fifth of teenage women have
  begun childbearing.

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