The impact of female schooling on fertility and contraceptive use : a study of fourteen sub-Saharan countries (anglais)

This paper examines the relationship between female schooling and two behaviors - cumulative fertility and contraceptive use - in fourteen sub-Saharan African countries where Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) have been conducted since the mid-1980s. Using multivariate regression analysis, the paper compares the effect of female schooling across countries, in urban and rural areas, and across different cohorts of women. For the subsample of ever-married...

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Auteur

Ainsworth,Martha;

Beegle,Kathleen G.;

Nyamete,Andrew V.;
Date du document
1995/02/28
Type de document
Publication
Numéro du rapport
LSM110
Volume
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Pays
Kenya, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Togo, Mali, Botswana, Niger, Ouganda, Tanzanie, Sénégal, Cameroun, Zambie, Nigéria, Burundi,
Région
Western and Central Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa,
Date de publication
2003/01/24
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Titre du rapport
The impact of female schooling on fertility and contraceptive use : a study of fourteen sub-Saharan countries
Mots clé
Demographic and Health Survey

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The impact of female schooling on fertility and contraceptive use : a study of fourteen sub-Saharan countries (anglais)

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