- Sex preference some couples consider their births incomplete without a son. If their first children are girls a couple continue’s to get more children with the hope of getting a son . In the process they end up getting a large family
- The need for more children . Children are seen as old age security and they provide labour for work. The belief that the more children the man has the more respect he commanded in the society
- Polygamy with many wives a man can have many children . Polygamy still prevail in some areas hence contributing to the high population growth rate.
- Early marriages when women get married early then the rate of population.
- Increase is bound to be high due to increased total fertility rates
- Naming of relatives. The naming of children from the man’s and woman’s side alternately among communi ties like the Kikuyu’s results in large family
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