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The Impacts of Women's Education on Elements of Reproductive Health and Governance
(A.A.U, 2000-05) Assefa, Daniel; Yoseph, Getachew
The driving argument for conducting this study has come out of the belief that there are multifaceted benefits to investments in education other than the conventional private returns calculation earning differentials. among a wide range of variables that education can presumably exert effects upon, two elements of reproductive health and one element of governance were considered in this study. More specifically this study has committed itself to the investigation of the impacts of education on fertility, contraceptive use and political participation of women. by making use of a primary data from a survey on 1002 women of reproductive age living in urban sides of Addis Ababa and debre berhan estimations were made. the results show that generally education reduced fertility, raised contraception and positively contributed to the political participation of women. It was also proved that as opposed to the conventional wisdom that primary education is enough to exert such influences on t fettility and contraception, the findings showed at least a completion of grade eight schooling was required. /I was also found out that it was women's education and not husband's education that resulted in significant effects on all the three variables. Lastly, most of education's impact especially on fertility came about through the delaying of age at marriage.