World Bank2017-06-302017-06-302010-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27492Like other countries in the Middle East and North Africa region, Algeria has undergone a demographic transition. But Algeria's fertility decline defies conventional explanation. Despite inauspicious starting conditions-a high total fertility rate, reluctant policy environment, and delayed implementation of a national family planning program-Algeria has surpassed some of its neighbors in fertility reduction. Before its fertility transition, Algeria had one of the highest crude birth rates in the world, nearly 50 per 1,000. The fertility transition began in 1965-70, before any significant government support for or investment in population control or family planning and before significant external donor funding became available. Since then, profound changes in the traditional family model have led to a 64 percent decline in the total fertility rate in recent decades, from 6.76 in 1980 to 2.41 in 2006. Overall, Algeria's fertility decline is best understood in terms of changes in behavior, especially the delay in age at first marriage, the increase in contraceptive use, and-to a certain degree-the negative effects of the economic crisis manifested in the housing shortage and unemployment of young adults.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABORTIONABSTINENCEACCESS TO ABORTIONACCESS TO CONTRACEPTIONACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNINGACCESS TO HEALTH CAREACCESS TO MODERN CONTRACEPTIONAGE AT MARRIAGEALLOCATION OF RESOURCESBABIESBIRTH RATESCAPACITY BUILDINGCHILD DEVELOPMENTCHILD HEALTHCHILD MORTALITYCHILDBEARINGCHILDBIRTHCHILDREN PER COUPLECIVIL WARCONTRACEPTIONCONTRACEPTIVE METHODSCONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCECONTRACEPTIVE SERVICESCONTRACEPTIVE USECONTRACEPTIVESCROWDED HOUSINGCULTURAL CHANGECURRENT TOTAL FERTILITYDEMAND FOR FAMILY PLANNINGDEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSISDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGEDEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITIONEARLY MARRIAGEECONOMIC CHANGESECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITYEDUCATED MENEDUCATION OF WOMENFAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATIONFAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMFAMILY PLANNING SERVICEFAMILY SIZEFEMALE EDUCATIONFEMALE LITERACYFEMALE STERILIZATIONFERTILITYFERTILITY DECLINEFERTILITY LEVELSFERTILITY PATTERNSFERTILITY PREFERENCESFERTILITY RATEFERTILITY SURVEYFERTILITY TRANSITIONFEWER CHILDRENFIRST BIRTHFIRST CHILDFIRST MARRIAGEGENDER EQUALITYGENDER INEQUALITYGOVERNMENT POLICIESGOVERNMENT SUPPORTGROSS NATIONAL INCOMEHEALTH COALITIONHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH INITIATIVESHEALTH PROMOTIONHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH SYSTEMSHIGHLY EDUCATED WOMENHOUSEHOLD SIZEHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RIGHTSIDEAL FAMILY SIZEIDEAL NUMBER OF CHILDRENILLITERACYIMPACT ON FERTILITYINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTINDUSTRIALIZATIONINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFANT MORTALITY RATEINTERNATIONAL POPULATIONINTERNATIONAL POPULATION CONFERENCEINTERNATIONAL WOMENIUDJOB CREATIONLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLARGE NUMBER OF WOMENLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLIFETIME FERTILITYLIVE BIRTHSLIVING CONDITIONSLIVING STANDARDSLONGER BIRTH INTERVALSLOW LABOR PRODUCTIVITYMANAGEMENT OF POPULATIONMARITAL FERTILITYMARRIED WOMENMATERNAL DEATHSMEASLESMEASLES IMMUNIZATIONMENTAL HEALTHMETHOD OF CONTRACEPTIONMIDWIVESMIGRATIONMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINORITYMODERN CONTRACEPTIVE METHODSMODERN CONTRACEPTIVESMOTHERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNINGNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING POLICIESNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMSNATIONAL FERTILITYNATIONAL PRIORITYNATURAL GASNEED FOR FAMILY PLANNINGNO MORE CHILDRENNUMBER OF ADULTSNUMBER OF PEOPLENUTRITIONOFFICIAL POLICYOFFICIAL POPULATIONOLDER WOMENOPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENORAL CONTRACEPTIVESPETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIESPOLICY BRIEFPOLICY MAKERSPOPULATION ACTIONPOPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONALPOPULATION AND DEVELOPMENTPOPULATION ASSOCIATIONPOPULATION CONTROLPOPULATION COUNCILPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION GROWTH RATEPOPULATION POLICYPOPULATION REFERENCE BUREAUPOPULATION SIZEPREGNANCYPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPROGRESSPUBLIC HEALTHPURCHASING POWERPURCHASING POWER PARITYRAPERAPID POPULATION GROWTHRATE OF POPULATION GROWTHREFORM EFFORTRELIGIOUS LEADERSREPLACEMENT LEVELREPRODUCTIVE AGEREPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIORREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHREPRODUCTIVE RIGHTSRURAL RESIDENCERURAL WOMENSAFE ABORTIONSAFE ABORTION SERVICESSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSEXUAL ASSAULTSOCIAL CHANGESOCIAL REASONSSOCIAL STATUSSPOUSESTATE UNIVERSITYSTERILIZATIONTABOOTRADITIONAL FAMILYUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATESUNFPAUNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUNDUNMARRIED WOMENUNSAFE ABORTIONSUNWANTED PREGNANCIESUNWANTED PREGNANCYURBAN AREASURBAN DWELLERSURBAN INFRASTRUCTUREURBAN WOMENURBANIZATIONUSE OF CONTRACEPTIONVICTIMSWOMANWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONYOUNG ADULTSYOUNG COUPLESYOUNG PEOPLEYOUNG WOMENReportWorld Bank10.1596/27492