Critical perspectives on schooling and fertility in the developing world

著者

• Bledsoe, Caroline H.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population

書誌事項

Critical perspectives on schooling and fertility in the developing world

Caroline H. Bledsoe ... [et al.], editors ; Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

National Academy Press, 1999

• : pbk

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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

目次

• 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

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA49137692
• ISBN:
  • 0309061911
• LCCN: 98040216
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Washington, D.C.
• ページ数/冊数: x, 320 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : LC2572
  • DC21 : 371.822
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Women -- Education -- Developing countries -- Cross-cultural studies
  • LCSH : Fertility, Human -- Developing countries -- Cross-cultural studies
  • LCSH : Women -- Developing countries -- Social conditions -- Cross-cultural studies