FERTILITY DECLINE AND CONTRACEPTIVE USE INEQUALITY: EVIDENCE FROM A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY IN EGYPT

The objective of this study is to examine the inequality in fertility and contraceptive use between Egyptian women. This is done through fitting the concentration curve and concentration index that were used to assess the degree of socioeconomic inequality in the fertility and contraceptive use. Egypt Demographic and Health Survey 2014 data [EDHS-2014] is used to achieve this goal. The main conclusion from the study is that the socioeconomic status of the woman turned out to be very important in determining the contraception inequality. The women belonging to higher educated, richest households and urban households have less fertility and more using contraceptive in Egypt. Respondents living in households with the lowest level of the wealth index have considerably higher preference for three or more children.