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YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Education as an indicator of women's status and its impact on fertility and

contraception in Pakistan. A multivariate analysis.

AUTHORS

Rathnam PS

SOURCE

Ann Arbor, Michigan, UMI Dissertation Services, 1995. [2], viii, 220 p. UMI No.

ABSTRACT

This dissertation studies the effect that women's status has on fertility, contraception and age at marriage, in

Pakistan, at the microlevel, using the Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey Data collected in Pakistan in 1990-

91. The first step in this research is defining and measuring women's status as applicable to the Pakistan situation.

Education level of the women is selected and used as the indicator of women's status. First, the authors studied

the effect that education level, as the indicator of women's status, has on marital fertility at the micro level, using a

multivariate Poisson regression model. The Poisson regression model used is described in detail. Then, the

authors examined the effect that women's education level has on average birth interval, using ordinary least-squares

regression. The effect that women's education level has on age at marriage is also studied. The last part of the

dissertation uses logistic regression technique to study the effect that education level has on knowledge and use of

traditional and modern methods of contraception. In all the regression analyses women's education level is used as

the indicator women's status, and economic status and background characteristics are used as control variables.

The results from these analyses show that education level, and therefore women status, have a very strong negative

effect on marital fertility even when economic status and background characteristics of the women are statistically

controlled. As education level increases, fertility decreases. Education also has a highly significant positive effect

on age at marriage. The relationship between education and average birth interval, though not very strong, is

significant. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 2555-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Education as an indicator of women's status and its impact

on fertility and contraception in Pakistan. A multivariate analysis.", is(are) Rathnam PS. The source of this article is

"Ann Arbor, Michigan, UMI Dissertation Services, 1995. [2], viii, 220 p. UMI No. 9617328". This article was published

in 1995 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 2555-06. All rights reserved with

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