Teenage fertility rates falling in South Africa
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2007
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South African Medical Journal
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University of Cape Town
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Much noise has recently been made in the popular media suggesting a link between the launch of the Child Support Grant (CSG) and an apparent rise in teenage fertility. This perception persists in spite of a detailed study commissioned by the Department of Social Development that found no evidence of ‘perverse incentives’ for childbearing associated with the CSG; a second report came to the same conclusion, despite presenting internally inconsistent estimates of the levels of teenage fertility in the country and by population group in the last decade. It is desirable to place in the public domain as much evidence as possible regarding the trends and differentials in teenage fertility rates over an extended period of time.
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Moultrie, T. A., & McGrath, N. (2007). Teenage fertility rates falling in South Africa: scientific letter. South African Medical Journal, 97(6), 442-443.