Pathways from education to fertility decline: a multi-site comparative study.

ABSTRACT: Women's education has emerged as a central predictor of fertility decline, but the many ways that education affects fertility have not been subject to detailed comparative investigation. Taking an evolutionary biosocial approach, we use structural equation modelling to examine potential pathways between education and fertility including: infant/child mortality, women's participation in the labour market, husband's education, social network influences, and contraceptive use or knowledge across three very different contexts: Matlab, Bangladesh; San Borja, Bolivia; and rural Poland. Using a comparable set of variables, we show that the pathways by which education affects fertility differ in important ways, yet also show key similarities. For example, we find that across all three contexts, ed

SUBMITTER: Snopkowski K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4822436 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature