Critical Perspectives on Schooling and Fertility in the Developing World

National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

1999
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-06191-9 (ISBN)

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Assesses the evidence, and possible mechanisms, for the associations between women's education, fertility preferences, and fertility in developing countries, and how these associations vary across regions. This book discusses the implications of these associations for policies in the population, health, and education sectors.

This volume assesses the evidence, and possible mechanisms, for the associations between women's education, fertility preferences, and fertility in developing countries, and how these associations vary across regions. It discusses the implications of these associations for policies in the population, health, and education sectors, including implications for research.

Table of Contents

Front Matter
1 Introduction
2 Female Education and Fertility: Examining the Links
3 What is Meant, and Measured, by 'Education'?
4 Implications of Formal Schooling for Girls' Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries
5 School Qulatiy, Student Achievement, and Fertility in Developing Countries
6 Fertility, Education, and Resources in South Africa
7 Which Girls Stay in School? The Influence of Family Economy, Social Demands, and Ethnicity in South Africa
8 Excess Fertility, Unintended Births, and Children's Schooling
9 Women's Education, Marriage, and Fertility in South Asia: Do Men Really Not Matter?
10 Fertility and Education: What Do We Now Know?
Index

Caroline H. Bledsoe, John B. Casterline, Jennifer A. Johnson-Kuhn, and John G. Haaga, Editors; Committee on Population, National Research Council

1 Front Matter; 2 1 Introduction; 3 2 Female Education and Fertility: Examining the Links; 4 3 What is Meant, and Measured, by 'Education'?; 5 4 Implications of Formal Schooling for Girls' Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries; 6 5 School Qulatiy, Student Achievement, and Fertility in Developing Countries; 7 6 Fertility, Education, and Resources in South Africa; 8 7 Which Girls Stay in School? The Influence of Family Economy, Social Demands, and Ethnicity in South Africa; 9 8 Excess Fertility, Unintended Births, and Children's Schooling; 10 9 Women's Education, Marriage, and Fertility in South Asia: Do Men Really Not Matter?; 11 10 Fertility and Education: What Do We Now Know?; 12 Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.1.1999
Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Gynäkologie / Geburtshilfe
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Histologie / Embryologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
ISBN-10	0-309-06191-1 / 0309061911
ISBN-13	978-0-309-06191-9 / 9780309061919
Zustand	Neuware