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An Investigation of Household Reproductive Behaviour in Pakistan

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  • Mohammad Irfan

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad.)

  • G.M. Farooq

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad.)

Abstract

Our present concern is with fertility determinants on Pakistan. Based on the household data co11cted in connection with PIDE/ILO project "Studies in Population, Labour Ircrce and Migration in Pakistan" an attempt is made to ascertain the influence of various socio-economic variables on household fertility decision making. The analysis which follows is preliminary in nature and can be characterised as taking a general socio-economic approach. Various fertility measures available from the survey are described in this paper followed by a discussion on the choice and specification of independent variables in the next section. Regression results are presented in the third section.
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  • Mohammad Irfan & G.M. Farooq, 1983. "An Investigation of Household Reproductive Behaviour in Pakistan," PLM Project Reports 1983:4, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
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    1. Zeba A. Sathar & Mohammad Irfan, 1984. "Reproductive Behaviour in Pakistan: Insigh ts from the Population, Labour Force, and Migration Survey 1979-80," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 23(2-3), pages 207-223.
    2. R. E. Bilsborrow & C. R. Winegarden, 1985. "Landholding, Rural Fertility and Internal Migration in Developing Countries. Econometric Evidence from Cross-National Data," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 24(2), pages 125-149.
    3. Mohammad Irfan, 1985. "Poverty and Household Demographic Behaviour in Pakistan - Insights from PLM Survey 1979," PLM Project Reports 1985:11, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
    4. Naushin Mahmood, 1992. "The Desire for Additional Children among Pakistani Women: The Determinants," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 31(1), pages 1-30.
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    6. Farooq, Ghazi Mumtaz. & Irfan, M. & Legrand T., 1985. "Micro empirical analysis of fertility behaviour in Pakistan," ILO Working Papers 992395073402676, International Labour Organization.

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    JEL classification:

    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • H31 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Household
    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
    • R2 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis

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