Impact Factor (2025): 6.9
DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
The
high fertility rates being witnessed in Niger are a reflection of an urgent
need to aggressively implement population control measures to mitigate
undesirable consequences of uncontrolled population growth by 2050.In this
research paper, the ANN approach was applied to analyze TFR in Niger. The
employed annual data covers the period 1960-2018 and the out-of-sample period
ranges over the period 2019-2030. The residuals and forecast evaluation
criteria (Error, MSE and MAE) of the applied model indicate that the model is
stable in forecasting TFR in Niger. The results of the study indicate that annual total
fertility rates in Niger are likely to
slightly decline over the out-of-sample period.
Therefore, the Niger government must create a high demand for family planning
services, address challenges that hinder access to sexual and reproductive
health (SRH) services particularly among adolescents and young adults and engage on an aggressive women empowerment
program.
Country : Zimbabwe
IRJIET, Volume 5, Issue 8, August 2021 pp. 335-338