caa a22 4500 397559054 CHVBK 20180308164811.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199601 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/wber/10.1.85 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/wber/10.1.85 The Impact of Women's Schooling on Fertility and Contraceptive Use: A Study of Fourteen Sub-Saharan African Countries [Elektronische Daten] [Martha Ainsworth, Kathleen Beegle, Andrew Nyamete] This article examines the relationship between female schooling and two behaviors—cumulative fertility and contraceptive use—in fourteen Sub-Saharan African countries where Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) have been conducted since the mid-1980s. Average levels of schooling among women of reproductive age are very low, from less than two years to six. Controlling for background variables, the last years of female primary schooling have a negative relation with fertility in about half the countries, while secondary schooling is associated with substantially lower fertility in all countries. Female schooling has a positive relationship with contraceptive use at all levels. Among ever-married women, husband's schooling exerts a smaller effect than does female schooling on contraceptive use and, in almost all cases, on fertility. Although the results suggest commonalities among these Sub-Saharan countries, they also reveal intriguing international differences in the impact of female schooling, which might reflect differences in the quality of schooling, labor markets, and family planning programs, among others. © 1996 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / THE WORLD BANK A SYMPOSIUM ON FERTILITY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA nationallicence Ainsworth Martha aut Beegle Kathleen aut Nyamete Andrew aut The World Bank Economic Review Oxford University Press 10/1(1996-01), 85-122 0258-6770 10:1<85 1996 10 wber https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/10.1.85 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 other jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/10.1.85 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ainsworth Martha aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Beegle Kathleen aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nyamete Andrew aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The World Bank Economic Review Oxford University Press 10/1(1996-01), 85-122 0258-6770 10:1<85 1996 10 wber Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford