Comparison of Timing of the 2nd Birth between High Fertility Country (Uganda) and Lower Fertility Country (South Africa)

Lutendo Malisha, Statistics South Africa
Yovani Lubaale, Makerere University

Although many scholars have studied the timing of the first child after marriage in both high and low fertility countries that is developed and developing, little has been studied on the timing of second birth within the developing countries with high and low TFR. The study on timing of second birth are mainly from developed countries looking mainly at the effect of timing of second birth to the labour market dynamics and high level education attainment which is also related to labour. The timing of the first birth usually brings with joy, happiness and challenges; what does the timing of second birth come with? The paper looks at the timing of second birth in Uganda and South Africa using their 2016 DHS data sets. Preliminary findings show that time to second birth after first birth is lower in Uganda compared to that of South Africa.