{"id":10831,"date":"2018-11-21T07:18:01","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T07:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=10831"},"modified":"2018-11-21T07:18:01","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T07:18:01","slug":"burundian-woman-has-average-of-5-5-children-isteebu-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/burundian-woman-has-average-of-5-5-children-isteebu-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"Burundian woman has average of 5.5 children, ISTEEBU reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The fertility level decreased from 6.9 children per woman in 1987 to 6.4 children in 2010 and to 5.5 children in 2016-2017,\u201d reveal the results of the 2016-2017 Demographic and Health Survey conducted by the Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies of Burundi-ISTEEBU.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10827 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Rapport-isteebu.jpg\" alt=\"Rapport isteebu\" width=\"409\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Rapport-isteebu.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Rapport-isteebu-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Rapport-isteebu-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Rapport-isteebu-600x345.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/>According to the results of this survey, fertility ranges from 4.1 in urban areas to 5.7 in rural areas. It goes from a minimum of 3.7 children per woman in Bujumbura city to a maximum of 6.6 children per woman in Muyinga province.<\/p>\n<p>According to ISTEEBU, fertility varies significantly depending on the level of education of women. &#8220;It is 6.3 per woman among non-educated women, while it is 4.1 children per woman among women having secondary or higher education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This survey shows that women in poor families have an average of 6 children per woman compared to 4.4 children per woman in rich families.<\/p>\n<p>According to the same survey, the use of contraceptive methods has increased over the last 30 years from 9% in 1987 to 22% in 2010 and 29% in 2016-17.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this decrease in the fertility rate, Nicolas Ndayishimiye, General Director of ISTEEBU says Burundian women still have a long way to go. The 2025 National Development Plan provides for 3 children per family. &#8220;Currently the fertility rate is 5.5 children per woman. Therefore, there is a need to reach 3 children per woman,&#8221; says Ndayishimiye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The fertility level decreased from 6.9 children per woman in 1987 to 6.4 children in 2010 and to 5.5 children in 2016-2017,\u201d reveal the results of the 2016-2017 Demographic and Health Survey conducted by the Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies of Burundi-ISTEEBU. According to the results of this survey, fertility ranges from 4.1 in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":10827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[108,749],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10831"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10832,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10831\/revisions\/10832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}