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Does Female Education Affect Fertility Behaviour in Pakistan

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  • ZEBA AYESHA SATHAR

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad)

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The study explores the relationship between female education and fertility in Pakistan and is based on data from the Pakistan Fertility Survey 1975. Only slight differentials were identified between women with no education and those who had primary or less schooling. However, women with more than primary education had notably lower fertility. Also the role of the intermediate variables such as proportions married, length of breast-feeding and contraceptive use had significant associations with female education.

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  • Zeba Ayesha Sathar, 1984. "Does Female Education Affect Fertility Behaviour in Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 23(4), pages 573-590.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:23:y:1984:i:4:p:573-590
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    1. Naushin Mahmood, 1978. "Literacy and Educational Attainment Levels in Pakistan: 1951-1973," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 17(3), pages 267-301.
    2. Kahn, Mohammed Ali & Sirageldin, Ismail, 1979. "Education, Income, and Fertility in Pakistan," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 27(3), pages 519-547, April.
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    2. George J. Mergos, 1992. "The Economic Contribution of Children in Peasant Agriculture and the Effect of Education: Evidence from the Philippines," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 31(2), pages 189-201.
    3. Najam US Saqib, 1998. "A Critical Assessment of Free Public Schooling in Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 37(4), pages 955-976.
    4. Durr-e-Nayab, 1999. "Fertility Preferences and Behaviour: A Case Study of Two Villages in the Punjab, Pakistan," PIDE Research Report 1999:1, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
    5. Ali Muhammad, 1996. "Ethnic Fertility Differentials in Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 35(4), pages 733-744.
    6. Hina Nazli & Shahnaz Hamid, 1999. "Concerns of Food Security, Role of Gender and Intra-household Dynamics in Pakistan," PIDE Research Report 1999:3, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
    7. Sajid Mahmood Aawan & Syed Ali Shah & Syed Rashid Ali, 2018. "Socio-Economics, Religion and Family Planning in a Muslim Society: A Study of Islamabad (Pakistan)," Global Economics Review, Humanity Only, vol. 3(1), pages 39-49, June.

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