The purpose of this project was to understand how Bosnian war affected the fertility and birth rates.
I selected two countries, namely Bosnia and Herzegovina and Turkey and researched and analyzed the results of the national statistical institute of the countries.
Turkey has a higher BMI score for females compared to Bosnia and Herzegovina, but the difference is only 1.9 points in BMI scores. Both countries fall into the average weight category in the index which is above underweight and above overweight and obese category. Total fertility rates of Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina show that Turkey has 0.86 higher fertility rates in average when compared with Bosnia and Herzegovina from year 2011 to 2014.
The lower fertility rates may be due to the negative agents on the adults but also post-war trauma on Bosnians. The pronounced reduction in fertility can be linked to particular circumstances in Bosnia and Herzegovina following the war and subsequent economic stagnation and instability accompanying changes in societal behavior.