Socio-economic and demographic determinants of fertility in six selected Pacific Island Countries: An empirical study.

ABSTRACT: In this study, we seek to perform macro analysis of fertility in a panel of 6 selected Pacific Island Countries (PICs, hereafter). The macro analysis with secondary data, mostly obtained from World Bank database, stretched over the period 1990-2019 was stacked randomly in a balanced panel set-up, within which the most preferred fixed effect model is used for multivariate analysis. Pooled OLS and Random effect estimation techniques were applied for comparing results. Categories such as women's empowerment, health, connectivity and cost of living were used to classify proxy variables as regressors for fertility determination. The results indicate variables such as contraceptive prevalence rate, female labour force participation rate and consumer price index (inflation) are negatively correla

SUBMITTER: Lal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8457485 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature