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Television and Contraceptive Use - A Weak Signal?

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  • J�rg Peters
  • Christoph Strupat
  • Colin Vance

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In recent years, rural electrification and access to television have spread throughout the developing world. The values and cultural norms embodied in television programming have potentially profound implications for influencing behaviour, including reproductive decisions. After replicating Westoff and Koffman's (2011) finding of a positive correlation between television ownership and contraception using pooled Indonesian data, we proceed to estimate a fixed-effects model. The coefficient on television loses its significance while other policy relevant variables retain theirs. We conclude that the growing corpus of cross-sectional evidence on a link between television and contraception should be interpreted cautiously.

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  • J�rg Peters & Christoph Strupat & Colin Vance, 2014. "Television and Contraceptive Use - A Weak Signal?," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(11), pages 1538-1549, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:50:y:2014:i:11:p:1538-1549
    DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2014.931939
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    1. Bensch, Gunther & Grimm, Michael & Langbein, Jörg & Peters, Jörg, 2015. "Impacts of access to solar energy on rural households: An evaluation of a Netherlands supported programme in Burkina Faso," RWI Materialien 95, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung.
    2. Louise Grogan, 2016. "Household Electrification, Fertility, and Employment: Evidence from Hydroelectric Dam Construction in Colombia," Journal of Human Capital, University of Chicago Press, vol. 10(1), pages 109-158.

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