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Session 62:
Cultural norms and demographic behaviour in developing countries (1)

Wednesday, July 20
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Salle Condorcet
Level +2
Chair: Kourtoum Nacro, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Discussant: Hania Sholkamy, American University in Cairo

1. The influence of historical cultural identity in shaping contemporary reproductive behaviour in Mauritius  •  Sarah Hillcoat-Nalletamby, University of Waikato

2. Algeria-Iran: two faces of similar changes in fertility  •  Zahia Ouadah-Bedidi, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Amandine Lebugle-Mojdehi, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

3. Gender and fertility: cultural expressions among the Bamileke and Beti of Cameroon  •  Helene Kamdem Kamgno, Institut de Formation et de Recherche Demographiques (IFORD)

4. High fertility in Khasi tribe of northeast India: a repercussion of the fear of identity loss?  •  Udoy Sankar Saikia, Flinders University

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