The impact of women's schooling on fertility and contraceptive use: A study of fourteen Sub-Saharan African countries

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-122

  Ainsworth, Martha ^a   Beegle, Kathleen ^b   Nyamete, Andrew ^c  

^a WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AIDS Control and Prevention

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; DEVELOPING REGION; FERTILITY BEHAVIOUR; GIRLS' SCHOOLING; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; POPULATION FERTILITY; SCHOOLING IMPACT; WOMEN'S EDUCATION;

AFRICA, (SUB-SAHARA);

EID: 0030458709     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/10.1.85     Document Type: Article

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