title: Total Fertility Rate by Province
unit_of_measure: Births per woman for the three-year period before the survey
linearized_input: Total Fertility Rate by Province | Births per woman for the three-year period before the survey | (Angola, 6.2) (Cabinda, 4.8) (Zaire, 6.2) (Uige, 7.4) (Bengo, 5.9) (Cuanza Norte, 7.3) (Luanda, 4.5) (Malanje, 7) (Lunda Norte, 7.8) (Cuanza Sul, 7.8) (Lunda Sul, 7.8) (Benguela, 6.6) (Huambo, 8) (Bié, 8.6) (Moxico, 7) (Namibe, 6.7) (Huíla, 7.7) (Cunene, 7.2) (Cuando Cubango, 6.1)
table_text: In Angola, women have an average of 6.2 children. Urban women have a lower fertility rate than rural women (5.3 versus 8.2 children per women). Provincially, fertility varies from 4.5 children per woman in Luanda to 8.6 in Bié. Fertility is higher among women with no education (7.8 children) than among women with secondary or higher education (4.5 children). Fertility decreases as the wealth of the respondent’s household* increases. Women living in the poorest households have an average of 8.5 children, compared to 4.0 children among women living in the wealthiest households.
target: In Angola, women have an average of 6.2 children.