Gambia

Question 1

What are the causes of Gambia’s youthful population?

Answer 1

1) Culture discourages contraception
2) Need children to work on farms
3) Median age 20.2
4) Fertility rate - 3.85
5) 88.4% youthful dependency ratio

Question 2

What are the impacts of Gambia’s youthful population?

Answer 2

1) 3000 students and 26 classrooms at Sekunda lower basic school

Question 3

How are Gambia managing their youthful population?

Answer 3

1) Educating people on radio/TV
2) NGO called ‘futures’ delivers 1000s of contraception
3) Emancipation of women