{
  "id": 17967485,
  "title": "Kenya’s fertility rate per woman records a worrying drop, KNBS survey shows",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/kenyas-fertility-rate-per-woman-records-a-worrying-drop-knbs-survey",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-03T13:16:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/kenyas-fertility-rate-per-woman-records-a-worrying-drop-knbs-survey-shows"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Kenya’s fertility rate has declined to 3.1 children per woman, down from 3.4 in 2022, according to the 2025–26 Kenya Mini Demographic and Health Survey released by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS). The findings point to changes in family size, teenage pregnancies and access to maternal healthcare, alongside improvements in child survival and […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Capital FM Kenya",
        "title": "Kenya Fertility Rate Falls to 3 Children Per Woman from 4 in 2022 – KNBS",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/kenya-fertility-rate-falls-to-3-children-per-woman-from-4-in-2022-knbs",
        "published": "2026-11-03T08:53:58.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}