Table 2. Levels and changes in the total fertility rates by richest and poorest, earliest and latest surveys.
| TFR Rodriguez | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earliest Year | Latest Year | ||||||||
| Poorest (1) | Richest (2) | Poorest–Richest (3) | Poorest (4) | Richest (5) | Poorest–Richest (6) | Latest Poorest—Earliest Poorest (7) | Latest Richest—Earliest Richest (8) | Latest (Poorest—Richest)—Earliest (Poorest—Richest) (9) | |
| Benin | 8 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 6.9 | 4.7 | 2.2 | -1.1 | 0 | -1.1 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 7.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | -0.3 | -1.2 | 0.9 |
| Cameroon | 6.4 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 7.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 1.4 | -1.3 | 2.8 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 7.2 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 7.1 | 3.8 | 3.3 | -0.2 | -1 | 0.8 |
| Ethiopia | 7.8 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 7.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 | -0.1 | -0.6 | 0.5 |
| Ghana | 7.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 7.4 | 3.2 | 4.2 | -0.2 | -0.9 | 0.7 |
| Guinea | 6.4 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 6.9 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 0.5 | -0.6 | 1.1 |
| Kenya | 8.2 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 8.2 | 4 | 4.2 | 0 | -0.4 | 0.4 |
| Madagascar | 9.1 | 4.1 | 5 | 7.4 | 3.3 | 4.1 | -1.7 | -0.8 | -0.9 |
| Malawi | 7.9 | 6.5 | 1.4 | 7.9 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 0 | -1.7 | 1.8 |
| Mali | 7.8 | 6.2 | 1.6 | 7.4 | 5.5 | 2 | -0.4 | -0.7 | 0.3 |
| Mozambique | 6.6 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 8.1 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 1.5 | -1 | 2.5 |
| Namibia | 7.2 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 3.2 | -1.3 | -1.3 | 0 |
| Niger | 9.1 | 7 | 2.2 | 8.7 | 6.9 | 1.8 | -0.4 | -0.1 | -0.3 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 5.8 | 1.2 | 7.8 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 0.7 | -1.2 | 1.9 |
| Rwanda | 9.4 | 6.8 | 2.6 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 1.9 | -1.9 | -1.3 | -0.7 |
| Senegal | 8.2 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 8.2 | 4.8 | 3.4 | -0.1 | -0.7 | 0.6 |
| Tanzania | 8.1 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 7.6 | 4.6 | 3 | -0.5 | 0.1 | -0.6 |
| Uganda | 7.6 | 5.9 | 1.7 | 8.7 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 1.1 | -0.8 | 1.9 |
| Zambia | 7.7 | 5.8 | 1.9 | 8.4 | 4.4 | 4 | 0.7 | -1.3 | 2 |
| Zimbabwe | 7.2 | 4 | 3.2 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 2.3 | -1.4 | -0.6 | -0.9 |
Source: Authors’ calculation based on DHS data.
Note: (1) Levels of TFR for the poorest in earliest survey, (2) Levels of TFR for the richest in earliest survey, (3) Gap between rich and poor in earliest survey, (4) Levels of TFR for the poorest in latest survey, (5) Levels of TFR for the richest in latest survey, (6) Gap between rich and poor in latest survey, (7) Change in poorest TFR over time, (8) Change in richest TFR over time, (9) Change in the gap between rich and poor over time.