Women's Education and Marital Fertility in Urban Ethiopia

dc.contributor.authorHagos, Almaz
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-20T06:50:44Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-18T09:25:34Z
dc.date.available2018-09-20T06:50:44Z
dc.date.available2023-11-18T09:25:34Z
dc.date.issued1997-06
dc.description.abstractUsing data from the 1990 NFFS, this study attempts to show the direction and degrre of association between education and life-time fertility. It also attempts to determine the threshold level of education at which marked fertility decline .can occur. A total of 1268 currently married women of reproductive ages from urban areas are included in the study. Data quality was first assessed and then various analysis techniques were used to show the association between education and life-time fertility and to establish the threshold level of educatiolL The findings show that education negatively affects lifge-time fertility through its effect on other l'ariables. As the level of education increased, number of children ever born decline(L The findings also show that age at first marriage, husband-wife communication, current use of contraceptives negatil,ely affect the number of children ever born. On the other hand, infant/child death, du!!!;!i!!!Loj breast f eeding and desired family size affect the number of children ever born positively. The threshold level of education where a modest (10 %) change in fertiliy occured was at educational level 1-4 and a substantial (20 %) decline infertility reduction occured at 5-8 level of educatiolL The study concludes by summarizing the research findings and sugests the need for intensijing the effort to educate womenen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/12018
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAddis Ababa Universityen_US
dc.subjectWomen's Educationen_US
dc.titleWomen's Education and Marital Fertility in Urban Ethiopiaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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