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Showing 1 to 20 of 61 for “"fertility rates"”.
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Association Between Fertility Rates and Socioeconomic Status in Tunisia
… family planning program in Tunisia in 1964, the fertility rate dropped from 7.2 births per women to 2.02 births per women in 2004. Tunisia has also experienced a significant improvement of its economy and its social indicators. However, marked disparities still persist between the industrialized …
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Women's status and fertility rates : results from national level data
1 PDF file (v, 62 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm)
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Comparing the Reproductive Climates of Japan, Norway and Italy: A New Way of Looking at the Reasons for Low Fertility Rates
… this paper hopes to move the discussion of fertility from one that places the primary burden on women to one in which all facets of society are considered when discussing the problem of declining world fertility.</p>
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Projecting fertility by educational attainment: proof of concept of a new approach
The United Nations Population Division publishes fertility projections for all countries in the World Population Prospects (WPP). These are the most widely used projections for planning and policy implementation. Despite a substantial body of literature that suggests education has a significant …
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An economic analysis of women's schooling on fertility and contraceptive use in developing countries: A case study of Tanzania
… relationships between women's schooling, fertility rates, and contraceptive use in Tanzania where population growth and fertility rates are among the highest in the world and aggravate the already ailing economy. Two models are used: fertility and contraceptive use. The study surveys women …
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Socio- Economic differentials in fertility in Zimbabwe from 1980 to 2005
… to examine the socioeconomic differentials in fertility over time. The period fertility (age-specific and total fertility) rates, cohort-period fertility rates (CPFRs), projected parity progression ratios (projected PPRs), and logistic regression methods are used in the analysis, overall, to …
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The Comparative Impact of Family Policies in Sweden and Japan
… different patterns of family policies' impact on fertility rates and women's participation in the labor market. Comparing the countries of Japan and Sweden, I ask how family policies influence choices about family and work life. Within this context, I will highlight the similarities we can find in …
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Trends and derteminants of adelescent fertility in Zimbabwe
… and socio-demographic determinants of adolescent fertility in Zimbabwe. The study uses all six ZDHS surveys that have been conducted for Zimbabwe between 1988 and 2015. Adolescent fertility trends were examined using age-period and cohort-period fertility estimates. The Poisson regression model …
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Analysis of the projected parity progression ratio method using two successive censuses
… for inconsistencies. Using age-order specific fertility rates derived from births in the past year, parity progression ratios are projected to the next census.
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Factors associated with age at first marriage in Zambia
The fertility rates of Zambia have been rising in recent years, with total fertility rate at 6.2. This rate contrasts sharply with the average total fertility rates for most developed countries and far exceeds the level of 2.2 children required to replace the population. One of the important …
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Essays on Fertility and the Economy in Venezuela
… is to explore the relationship between fertility rates and the economy in Venezuela. In particular, it looks at the extreme fluctuations in oil revenues, Venezuela's main source of income, in the 1970s and their impact on fertility. It uses the 1998 National Survey of Population and …
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An analysis of the relationship between economic growth and health outcomes in Sudan from 2000-2020
… in health outcomes namely child mortality rate, fertility rates and life expectancy and determined other factors that may affect its economic growth, such as education. The study measured the extent to which the Sudanese government has promoted health and provided evidence-based recommendations …
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Urbanization and Demographic Change in Sub-Saharan Africa: Three essays on fertility and child mortality differentials in a rapidly urbanizing context
… in city size and potential bias in survival rates due to migration. I find the overall under-5 survival advantage of urban over rural areas persists but that there is a widening of the advantage in the largest cities over smaller urban areas. In the second chapter, I model annual birth …
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Essays on Demographics and International Macroeconomics
… generations model to dissect how factors like fertility rates and longevity impact capital flows leading to cross-country fiscal spillovers. The second chapter uses panel data from 46 advanced and emerging economies to validate these theoretical findings, confirming that early aging in advanced …
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Investigating Hops Production in Arkansas to Support Specialty Crop Growth
… Recommendations on hops cultivar suitability, fertility, and management are needed for the U.S. mid-south region. Objectives of this research on Arkansas-grown hops were to 1) assess the impact of cultivar and fertility rate on plant and cone attributes of six cultivars of Arkansas-grown hops …
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Trends in Fertility in Kentucky Counties: Social and Structural Components
… to economic status highly correlated with fertility levels. This study used the United States Census Bureau and Kentucky Vital Statistics data to examine changes in fertility in Kentucky counties from 1970 to 1990 and to test whether fertility rates (GFR and children ever born) for the …
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Underrepresentation of Women in American Politics
… and winning elections are different. However, fertility rates negatively affect both dependent variables, women running and women winning elections. Women tend to separate their private choices of having a family before or after having political careers, resulting in a lack of female candidates …
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Essays on Population and Housing Market in South Korea
… in South Korea, a country with one of the lowest fertility rates worldwide. In the first chapter, possible selection into marriage is highlighted considering the low out-of-wedlock births in the country. Also, the policy effects are examined in two different dimensions: changes in the probability …
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Essays On Population And Housing Market In South Korea
… in South Korea, a country with one of the lowest fertility rates worldwide. In the first chapter, possible selection into marriage is highlighted considering the low out-of-wedlock births in the country. Also, the policy effects are examined in two different dimensions: changes in the probability …
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Essays on Macroeconomics and Labor Economics
… when not explicitly linked to an individual's fertility decision. In Chapter 2, I use a heterogeneous-agent lifecycle overlapping-generation model with credit constraints, endogenous fertility, and human capital investment to evaluate the long-run effects of federal student loans. I estimate …
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