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August 31, 2011
In Brazil, Women's Changing Roles, Attitudes Leading to Smaller Families
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Brazil: Girl Power
In Brazil, increased access to education, information and contraception have combined to lower the...
Despite having the most Catholics in the world, 80 percent of Brazilian women of childbearing age are using some form of artificial contraception. In partnership with National Geographic Magazine, special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro examines the declining fertility rate, which has dropped to just 1.9 children per woman.
