Impact of Women Education on Fertility: A case study of The Gambia
(2020) In First Year Master's Thesis EKHS21 20201Department of Economic History
- Abstract
- This research contributes to the ongoing debate on whether women's education and fertility are inversely
related. It is seen that during the premodern era, the number of children born per woman was high and the only
thing that kept population growth low was the high death rate. However, the modernization of societies resulted
in a reduction in the number of births per woman. Hence the causes of this reduction in the number of births
rate are subject to debate. Thus, this paper seeks to inquire whether empowering women through education
could be a cause for this reduction in the number of children per woman(fertility) in The Gambia. The 2013 wave of Demographic and Health Survey Data of the Gambia was employed in a cross-sectional... (More) - This research contributes to the ongoing debate on whether women's education and fertility are inversely
related. It is seen that during the premodern era, the number of children born per woman was high and the only
thing that kept population growth low was the high death rate. However, the modernization of societies resulted
in a reduction in the number of births per woman. Hence the causes of this reduction in the number of births
rate are subject to debate. Thus, this paper seeks to inquire whether empowering women through education
could be a cause for this reduction in the number of children per woman(fertility) in The Gambia. The 2013 wave of Demographic and Health Survey Data of the Gambia was employed in a cross-sectional study using
negative binomial regressions. The result for educational attainment, suggests that women with primary,
secondary, and higher levels of education will have a lower number of children compared to women with no
education. This estimate for educational level agrees with many works of literature on fertility. Thus, the paper
concludes that education is negatively related to fertility. (Less)
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- author
- Jammeh, Rohey LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- To what extent do women's education affect fertility? Evidence from The Gambia Demographic and Health Survey Data
- course
- EKHS21 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- fertility, women education, negative binomial distribution, Poisson
- publication/series
- First Year Master's Thesis
- language
- English
- id
- 9021140
- date added to LUP
- 2020-10-22 07:38:10
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- 2020-10-22 07:38:10
@misc{9021140,
abstract = {{This research contributes to the ongoing debate on whether women's education and fertility are inversely
related. It is seen that during the premodern era, the number of children born per woman was high and the only
thing that kept population growth low was the high death rate. However, the modernization of societies resulted
in a reduction in the number of births per woman. Hence the causes of this reduction in the number of births
rate are subject to debate. Thus, this paper seeks to inquire whether empowering women through education
could be a cause for this reduction in the number of children per woman(fertility) in The Gambia. The 2013 wave of Demographic and Health Survey Data of the Gambia was employed in a cross-sectional study using
negative binomial regressions. The result for educational attainment, suggests that women with primary,
secondary, and higher levels of education will have a lower number of children compared to women with no
education. This estimate for educational level agrees with many works of literature on fertility. Thus, the paper
concludes that education is negatively related to fertility.}},
author = {{Jammeh, Rohey}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
series = {{First Year Master's Thesis}},
title = {{Impact of Women Education on Fertility: A case study of The Gambia}},
year = {{2020}},
}