Convergence in fertility of South Africans and Mozambicans in rural South Africa, 1993–2009

Figures & data

Fig. 1.  Total fertility rates (TFR) of South Africans and Mozambicans in Agincourt 1993–2009 with a 95% confidence interval.

Fig. 2.  Age specific fertility rates (ASFR) of the two population groups in the AHDSS, 1993 and 2009.

Table 1. Age at first birth by nationality and period (%)

	1993–1995		2003–2005
	Mozambican	South African	Mozambican	South African
Age at first birth
15–19	56.37	60.53	59.27	52.57**
20–24	29.78	29.51	28.38	32.75^+
25–29	9.74	7.29^+	10.04	10.12
30–40	4.12	2.67	2.32	4.56*
N	534	1,125	518	1,383

Significance test for difference between Mozambican and South African.

⁺Significant at 0.1 level.

*Significant at 0.05 level.

**Significant at 0.01 level.

Fig. 3.  Smoothed discrete survival function curves showing the percentage of women with no second births up to 5 years after a first birth in two time periods 1993–1995 and 2003–2005 by nationality.

*The curves are statistically significant at the p < 0.001 level according to a log-rank test for equality of survivor functions.

Fig. 4.  Household wealth status 2001–2009 and education 1997–2009 of South African and Mozambican women of age 15–49 in the AHDSS.