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Estimation of fertility and mortality of the Kuwaiti population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

M. H. El-Shalakani
M. H. El-Shalakani
Affiliation:
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Summary

Indirect techniques are applied to estimate the current level of fertility and mortality among Kuwaiti nationals in Kuwait during 1980–85. The various methods discussed provide estimates in the vicinity of 45 per thousand for birth rate and 8 per thousand for death rate. While child spacing by birth order in Kuwait is about 2 years, the proportion of childlessness is very low (1%). As a consequence of lower mortality and stable high fertility, the Kuwaiti population remains young.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , October 1989 , pp. 433 - 442
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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