Determinants of Adolescent Fertility
(2011) NEKM08 20111Department of Economics
- Abstract (Swedish)
- This thesis examines determinants of adolescent fertility with a particular focus on the possible association between adolescent fertility and idea diffusion. A sample of DHS data consisting of 6591 Nigerian female adolescents in the age of 15-19 in 2008 is used for analysis. The logistic regression shows a clear significant association between adolescent fertility and socio-economic determinants such as educational level, residence, religion and proximate determinants such as marital status. The analysis furthermore shows that there is an effect of idea diffusion (mass media exposure) on fertility decisions for non-married adolescents in particular.
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- author
- Tegunimataka, Anna LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- NEKM08 20111
- year
- 2011
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Adolescent Fertility, Nigeria, Diffusion of Ideas, DHS
- language
- English
- id
- 1977196
- date added to LUP
- 2011-06-13 14:11:06
- date last changed
- 2011-06-13 14:11:06
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