Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Fertility in the Philippines: Reexamining Parental Education
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Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Fertility in the Philippines: Reexamining Parental Education
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Cristina Manalo Bautista; School of Social Science, Ateneo de Manila University
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Social Science
Fertility; Population; Education |
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| Description |
The effect of parental education on fertility—the number of children ever born—may be positive or negative. This study primarily tests the hypothesis that highly educated fathers tend to have lesser children, thus a negative effect. Numerous studies on fertility determinants have focused on the mothers’characteristics. This current research is motivated by a study in Vietnam that showed the father’s education to be as important as the mother’s. Analyzing 2003 demographic data, the same is found in the Philippines. Moreover, there is indication that the negative influence is not merely due to opportunity costs, but may be due to attitudinal and/or information effect particularly at higher levels of parental education. The other strongly significant socioeconomic factors are marriage, the mother’s age, education and housewife status, rural residence, the father’s agricultural work and provincial child mortality. Also significant, though not as strong, is the mother’s religion and agricultural activity.
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Loyola Schools, Ateneo de Manila University
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2008-05-22
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application/pdf
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http://www.philjol.info/index.php/LSR/article/view/298
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Loyola Schools Review; Vol 6 (2007); 89-114
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en
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Philippines
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