| Date Received: | 10 May 2000 |
| Date Published: | 4 August 2000 |
Abstract:
The analysis was based on the 1994 ZDHS combined with aggregate data from the 1992 census. Discrete-time
hazard models for first and higher-order births were estimated for 1990-94. The average length of education
in the district and the proportion who are literate were found to have no impact on a woman's birth rate
above and beyond that of her own education, when it was controlled for urbanization. This was the case for
women who themselves had little or no education as well as for the better-educated. So far, no significant
influence of aggregate education on fertility has been well documented in the literature either. However,
in this study, aggregate-level effects appeared in models for fertility desires and contraceptive use among
married women with at least one child.
Author's affiliation:
Øystein Kravdal
is with the Department of Economics,
University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1095 Blindern, N-0317 Oslo, Norway
Table of Contents:
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Introduction |
| 2. |
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Theoretical Considerations |
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Data and Methods |
| 4. |
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Main Effects of Aggregate Education on Birth Rates |
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Macro-Micro Interactions in Birth Rate Models |
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Other Effects of Aggregate Education |
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The Importance of Husbands' and Men's Education |
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Summary and Conclusion |
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Acknowledgement |
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Notes |
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References |
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Tables |
Keywords: education, fertility, models, aggregate, multilevel
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