Dr Bhakta Gubhaju, Adjunct Associate Professor, ADSRI has undertaken a consultancy service with ANU Enterprise with financial support from UNFPA, Fiji to provide Technical support in the area of fertility focussed census data analysis in Fiji. The main objective of this project is to provide technical assistance to Fiji Bureau of Statistics in the preparation of a monograph on fertility focussed census data analysis of Fiji. This study is based on the Population and Housing Census of Fiji carried out in 2007.

This study will examine fertility differentials by ethnicity, Fijians and Indians. It will undertake decomposition analysis technique to determine the components of changes in the total fertility rates due to marital structure and marital fertility, covering the intercensal periods, 1966-1976, 1976-1986, 1986-1996 and 1996-2007. This study will provide policy implications of declining fertility and increasing longevity in Fiji and suggest areas for further study in fertility, child mortality and reproductive health. Draft report of this study has been prepared and is being reviewed by UNFPA, Fiji and Fiji Bureau of Statistics.