Schooling, marriage, and age at first birth in Madagascar

Population Studies

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 219-236

  Glick, Peter ^a   Handy, Christopher ^b   Sahn, David E ^c,d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d Fondation pour les études et les Recherches sur le Développement International   (France)

Author keywords

education; fertility; joint estimation; Madagascar; marriage

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MARRIAGE; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; PARENTAL CARE; PREGNANCY;

MADAGASCAR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; BIRTH; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MADAGASCAR; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; PARTURITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940440774     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2015.1053513     Document Type: Article

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