Table of Contents

Foreword

CHAPTER 1  - Nuptiality

1.1

Introduction 

1.2

Marital status 

1.3

Marriage

   1.3.1

 Trends in Marriage

   1.3.2

 Marriage dissolution

   1.3.3

 The marriage market in Mauritius

CHAPTER 2  - Fertility

2.1

Introduction

2.2

Changes in level of fertility over time

2.3

Age patterns of fertility

   2.3.1

 Republic of Mauritius

   2.3.2

 Island of Mauritius

   2.3.3

 Island of Rodrigues

2.4

Marital fertility

2.5

Parity distribution

2.6

Parity increment between 1990 and 2000

2.7

Stable parameters

2.8

Fertility differentials

   2.8.1

 Introduction 

   2.8.2

 Geographic characteristics

   2.8.3

 Educational characteristics 

   2.8.4

 Economic characteristics

2.9

Future scenarios and implications 

CHAPTER 3 - Family Planning and Fertility Management

3.1

Achievements in family planning

3.2

Trends in Family Planning

3.3

Other Inter-Connected Issues

3.4

Challenges 

Glossary

Appendix

Population Census questionnaire

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1.1

Standardised percentage distribution of the population aged 15 years and over by sex and marital status, Republic of Mauritius, Island of Mauritius and Island of Rodrigues – 1990 and 2000

Table 1.2

Distribution (%) of female population by age group and marital status, Republic of Mauritius, Island of Mauritius and Island of Rodrigues – 1990 and 2000

Table 1.3

Percentage of the married females by age in various types of marriages, Republic of Mauritius, Island of Mauritius and Island of Rodrigues – 2000

Table 1.4

SMAM in years by sex, Republic of Mauritius, Island of Mauritius and Island of Rodrigues – 1990 and 2000

Table 1.5

Median age of the widowed by sex, Republic of Mauritius, Island of Mauritius and Island of Rodrigues - 1990 and 2000

Table 1.6

Percentage of divorced/separated among the ever married population aged 15 years and over by sex, Republic of Mauritius, Island of Mauritius and Island of Rodrigues – 1990 and 2000

Table 1.7

Sex ratios by marital status, Republic of Mauritius, Island of Mauritius and Island of Rodrigues - 2000 Census

Table 2.1

Crude birth rate, Republic of Mauritius, Island of Mauritius and Island of Rodrigues – 1951 - 2003 

Table 2.2

Selected fertility rates, Island of Mauritius - 1960 - 2003

Table 2.3

Fertility rates, Republic of Mauritius – 1990 and 2000

Table 2.4

Age specific fertility rates by age of mother and live birth order, Republic of Mauritius, 1990 and 2000

Table 2.5

Fertility rates, Island of Mauritius – 1990 and 2000

Table 2.6

Age specific fertility rates by age of mother and live birth order, Island of Mauritius, 1990 and 2000

Table 2.7

Fertility rates, Island of Rodrigues – 1990 and 2000

Table 2.8

Age specific fertility rates by age of mother and live birth order, Island of Rodrigues, 1990 and 2000

Table 2.9

Age specific marital fertility rates (ASMFR), Republic of Mauritius, Island of Mauritius and Island of Rodrigues – 1990 and 2000

Table 2.10

Parity distributions, Republic of Mauritius, Island of Mauritius and Island of Rodrigues – 1990 and 2000

Table 2.11

Mean number of children ever born to women aged 15-49 years by age and marital status, Republic of Mauritius, Island of Mauritius and Island of Rodrigues – 1990 and 2000

Table 2.12

Mean no. of children ever born, by age of women at marriage and duration of marriage, Republic of Mauritius, Island of Mauritius and Island of Rodrigues - 2000

Table 2.13

Parity increment between 1990 and 2000, Republic of Mauritius, Island of Mauritius and Island of Rodrigues

Table 2.14

Stable population parameters, Republic of Mauritius, Island of Mauritius and Island of Rodrigues – 1990 and 2000 

Table 2.15

Mean parity and standardised mean parity by district, Republic of  Mauritius – 1990 and 2000

Table 2.16

Standardised mean parity by rural/urban region, Republic of Mauritius -1990 and 2000

Table 2.17

Standardised mean parity by level of education, Republic of Mauritius, Island of Mauritius and Island of Rodrigues – 1990 and 2000

Table 2.18

Standardised mean parity of mother by type of economic activity, Republic of Mauritius, Island of Mauritius and Island of Rodrigues - 1990 and 2000

Table 2.19

Standardised mean parity of mother by occupational group, Republic of Mauritius, Island of Mauritius and Island of Rodrigues – 1990 and 2000 

Table 2.20

Total Fertility Rate (TFR), Republic of Mauritius, Island of Mauritius and Island of Rodrigues – 2000 - 2003

LIST OF FIGURES

Fig. 2.1

Selected fertility rates, Island of Mauritius, 1960 – 2003