eprintid: 13485
rev_number: 10
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datestamp: 2016-07-29 10:46:28
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type: article
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creators_name: Stonawski, M.
creators_name: Potančoková, M.
creators_name: Cantele, M.
creators_name: Skirbekk, V.
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creators_id: 2020
creators_orcid: 0000-0001-6115-5952
title: The changing religious composition of Nigeria: causes and implications of demographic divergence
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divisions: prog_pop
abstract: At nearly 170 million inhabitants, Nigeria is Africa's most populous country by twofold and fertility levels remain higher than most other sub-Saharan African nations. Throughout the last several decades, the fertility gap between Christians and Muslims has widened with significant political implications for a nascent democracy. Where the Demographic Health Survey (DHS) survey of 1990 revealed a non-significant difference of 0·3 children, this figure had increased to 2·3 children by 2013. As the total fertility rate (TFR) of Christians decreased significantly from 6·1 to 4·5 children per woman between 1990 and 2013, the TFR of Muslims increased from 6·4 to 6·8 children per woman. The timing of this divergence coincides with the formal institutionalization of Sharia law in 1999. We examine the role of religion on education, contraception and family behaviour. Finally, we touch upon the implications for population growth and the religious composition of Nigeria in the coming decades.
date: 2016
id_number: 10.1017/S0022278X16000409
creators_browse_id: 297
creators_browse_id: 236
creators_browse_id: 50
full_text_status: public
publication: The Journal of Modern African Studies
volume: 54
number: 03
pagerange: 361-387
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0022-278X
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fp7_project: no
fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
citation:   Stonawski, M. <https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/view/iiasa/297.html>, Potančoková, M. <https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/view/iiasa/236.html> ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6115-5952 <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6115-5952>, Cantele, M. <https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/view/iiasa/50.html>, & Skirbekk, V.  (2016).  The changing religious composition of Nigeria: causes and implications of demographic divergence.   The Journal of Modern African Studies 54 (03) 361-387. 10.1017/S0022278X16000409 <https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X16000409>.       
document_url: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/13485/1/The%20changing%20religious%20composition%20of%20Nigeria.pdf