Abstract
Sullivan,Rachel (Dept Demography, U Califonia, Berkeley 94720-2021 [e-mail:rachsull@demog.berkeley.edu]), Competing Pressures:Predicting Population Policy Adoption in sub - Saharan Africa.
Why did pronatalist African countries adopt grownth limiting population policies? This paper uses a country - level data set i constructed for the period 1985 - 1999 to predict which sub - Saharan African countries adopted national population policies, & when? Using a variety of analytic techniques ( geographic comparison, logistic regression & event - history analysis, 2) politically "weaker" countries were somewhat more likely to adopt policies, & 3) countries experiencing demo graphic pressure were also more likely to adopt policies.
I conclude that policy adoption occurred at the nexus of internal & external pressure.
Why did pronatalist African countries adopt grownth limiting population policies? This paper uses a country - level data set i constructed for the period 1985 - 1999 to predict which sub - Saharan African countries adopted national population policies, & when? Using a variety of analytic techniques ( geographic comparison, logistic regression & event - history analysis, 2) politically "weaker" countries were somewhat more likely to adopt policies, & 3) countries experiencing demo graphic pressure were also more likely to adopt policies.
I conclude that policy adoption occurred at the nexus of internal & external pressure.
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