This article 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. Average levels of schooling among women of reproductive age are very low, from less than two years to six. Controlling for background variables, the last years of female primary schooling have a negative...
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1996/01/01
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Artículo de periódico
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2013/05/14
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The impact of women's schooling on fertility and contraceptive use : a study of fourteen Sub-Saharan African countries
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Demographic and Health Survey