("Economics," 2004) What is the role of women in your country deciding reproductive strategies?

The total estimated 2004 fertility rate of Cuba was1.66 children born per woman. The de-emphasizing of the Catholic influence in the region is largely thought to have reduced the yearly population growth. Women have free access to birth control, as much as the health care system can be accessed by the individual woman -- however, access as a practical matter, as with most health care, is much better and more open in urban as opposed to rural communities.

What is the per capita income of your country? How unevenly is income distributed?

The population of Cuba was 11,308,764 (July 2004 est.) Officially, there is an equal and egalitarian distribution of income amongst all members of the population, depending upon the standard of living in the community. The 2004 per capita income was $381.76, in a nation where there is provision, on the part of the government, for health care and other social services. ("Labor," 2004) Still, in 1993 the Cuban Government was effectively forced, because of the Cuban people's economic privation, to make legal for its people to possess and use...

dollar. Since then, the dollar has become the major currency in use. "The gap in the standard of living has widened between those with access to dollars and those without. Jobs that can earn dollar salaries or tips from foreign businesses and tourists have become highly desirable. It is common to meet doctors, engineers, scientists, and other professionals working in restaurants or as taxi drivers." ("Economics," 2004)
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