Abstract
In the 1995 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) a total of 14779 ever-married women aged 15-49 were interviewed. Data on marriage and fertility contraceptive use fertility preferences maternal and child health and female circumcision were obtained. Overall it is noted that fertility in Egypt has declined by about 30% since 1980. Between the 1980 Egypt Fertility Survey and the 1995 EDHS the total fertility rate among the women dropped from 5.3 lifetime births per woman to 3.6 births. Such a decline has been greatest in rural areas. If such trends continue it is believed that the average Egyptian woman will have 3.6 live births over her total reproductive years. Moreover knowledge of a contraceptive method was reported to be nearly universal among married women but only 48% actually use one. The most widely used method is the IUD (30%) followed by the pill (10%). It is also noted that almost 97% of these women have undergone female genital excision.
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