Family Planning and Fertility : Estimating Program Effects Using Cross-Sectional Data
Although reproductive health advocates consider family planning programs the intervention of choice to reduce fertility, there remains a great deal of skepticism among economists as to their effectiveness, despite little rigorous evidence to suppor...
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ABSTINENCE ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES AGED AVAILABILITY OF FAMILY PLANNING AVERAGE AGE BIRTH SPACING BIRTH WEIGHT BREASTFEEDING CHILD BEARING CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILDREN PER WOMAN CLINICS CONCEPTION CONDOMS CONTRACEPTIVE CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE RATE CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE RATES CONTRACEPTIVE USE CULTURAL CHANGE CURRENT TOTAL FERTILITY DECENTRALIZATION DECLINE IN FERTILITY DETERMINANTS OF FERTILITY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EDUCATED WOMEN ETHNIC GROUP FAMILY ECONOMICS FAMILY FORMATION FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC FAMILY PLANNING FACILITIES FAMILY PLANNING METHODS FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS FAMILY PLANNING SERVICE FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES FEMALE STERILIZATION FERTILITY FERTILITY DECLINE FERTILITY PATTERNS FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FEWER BIRTHS FOOD INSECURITY FORMAL EDUCATION GIRLS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS HEALTH CARE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FACILITY HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HIGH FERTILITY RATE HIGH POPULATION GROWTH HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSING IMPACT OF FAMILY PLANNING IMPACT OF POPULATION IMPACT ON FERTILITY IMPORTANT POLICY INJECTABLE CONTRACEPTIVES INTERVENTION IUD LABOR MARKET LABOUR FORCE LACK OF INFORMATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFETIME FERTILITY LIMITED RESOURCES LIVE BIRTHS LIVING STANDARDS LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME SETTINGS MALARIA MARRIED WOMEN METHOD OF CONTRACEPTION MIGRATION MODERN CONTRACEPTIVES MORTALITY LEVELS MORTALITY RATE NATIONAL POPULATION NATIONAL POPULATION POLICY NUMBER OF BIRTHS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF WOMEN OLD AGE OLDER WOMEN ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL PILLS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POPULATION GROWTH RATES POPULATION POLICIES POPULATION POLICY POPULATION SIZE PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PROGRESS REPRODUCTIVE AGE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMS REPRODUCTIVE LIFE REPRODUCTIVE YEARS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT ROLE OF GENDER RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES SCHOOLS SOCIAL SECTOR TOTAL FERTILITY RATE TOTAL FERTILITY RATES UNWANTED BIRTHS UNWANTED FERTILITY URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITIES URBANIZATION WOMAN WORLD POPULATION YOUNG WOMEN YOUNGER WOMEN |
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ABSTINENCE ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES AGED AVAILABILITY OF FAMILY PLANNING AVERAGE AGE BIRTH SPACING BIRTH WEIGHT BREASTFEEDING CHILD BEARING CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILDREN PER WOMAN CLINICS CONCEPTION CONDOMS CONTRACEPTIVE CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE RATE CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE RATES CONTRACEPTIVE USE CULTURAL CHANGE CURRENT TOTAL FERTILITY DECENTRALIZATION DECLINE IN FERTILITY DETERMINANTS OF FERTILITY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EDUCATED WOMEN ETHNIC GROUP FAMILY ECONOMICS FAMILY FORMATION FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC FAMILY PLANNING FACILITIES FAMILY PLANNING METHODS FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS FAMILY PLANNING SERVICE FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES FEMALE STERILIZATION FERTILITY FERTILITY DECLINE FERTILITY PATTERNS FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FEWER BIRTHS FOOD INSECURITY FORMAL EDUCATION GIRLS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS HEALTH CARE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FACILITY HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HIGH FERTILITY RATE HIGH POPULATION GROWTH HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSING IMPACT OF FAMILY PLANNING IMPACT OF POPULATION IMPACT ON FERTILITY IMPORTANT POLICY INJECTABLE CONTRACEPTIVES INTERVENTION IUD LABOR MARKET LABOUR FORCE LACK OF INFORMATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFETIME FERTILITY LIMITED RESOURCES LIVE BIRTHS LIVING STANDARDS LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME SETTINGS MALARIA MARRIED WOMEN METHOD OF CONTRACEPTION MIGRATION MODERN CONTRACEPTIVES MORTALITY LEVELS MORTALITY RATE NATIONAL POPULATION NATIONAL POPULATION POLICY NUMBER OF BIRTHS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF WOMEN OLD AGE OLDER WOMEN ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL PILLS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POPULATION GROWTH RATES POPULATION POLICIES POPULATION POLICY POPULATION SIZE PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PROGRESS REPRODUCTIVE AGE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMS REPRODUCTIVE LIFE REPRODUCTIVE YEARS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT ROLE OF GENDER RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES SCHOOLS SOCIAL SECTOR TOTAL FERTILITY RATE TOTAL FERTILITY RATES UNWANTED BIRTHS UNWANTED FERTILITY URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITIES URBANIZATION WOMAN WORLD POPULATION YOUNG WOMEN YOUNGER WOMEN Portner, Claus C. Beegle, Kathleen Christiaensen, Luc Family Planning and Fertility : Estimating Program Effects Using Cross-Sectional Data |
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Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5812 |
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Although reproductive health advocates
consider family planning programs the intervention of choice
to reduce fertility, there remains a great deal of
skepticism among economists as to their effectiveness,
despite little rigorous evidence to support either position.
This study explores the effects of family planning in
Ethiopia using a novel set of instruments to control for
potential non-random program placement. The instruments are
based on ordinal rankings of area characteristics, motivated
by competition between areas for resources. Access to family
planning is found to reduce completed fertility by more than
one child among women without education. No effect is found
among women with some formal schooling, suggesting that
family planning and formal education act as substitutes, at
least in this low-income, low-growth setting. This provides
support to the notion that increasing access to family
planning can provide an important, complementary entry point
to kick-start the process of fertility reduction. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Portner, Claus C. Beegle, Kathleen Christiaensen, Luc |
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Portner, Claus C. Beegle, Kathleen Christiaensen, Luc |
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Portner, Claus C. |
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Family Planning and Fertility : Estimating Program Effects Using Cross-Sectional Data |
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Family Planning and Fertility : Estimating Program Effects Using Cross-Sectional Data |
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Family Planning and Fertility : Estimating Program Effects Using Cross-Sectional Data |
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Family Planning and Fertility : Estimating Program Effects Using Cross-Sectional Data |
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Family Planning and Fertility : Estimating Program Effects Using Cross-Sectional Data |
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family planning and fertility : estimating program effects using cross-sectional data |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-35752021-04-23T14:02:10Z Family Planning and Fertility : Estimating Program Effects Using Cross-Sectional Data Portner, Claus C. Beegle, Kathleen Christiaensen, Luc ABSTINENCE ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES AGED AVAILABILITY OF FAMILY PLANNING AVERAGE AGE BIRTH SPACING BIRTH WEIGHT BREASTFEEDING CHILD BEARING CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILDREN PER WOMAN CLINICS CONCEPTION CONDOMS CONTRACEPTIVE CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE RATE CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE RATES CONTRACEPTIVE USE CULTURAL CHANGE CURRENT TOTAL FERTILITY DECENTRALIZATION DECLINE IN FERTILITY DETERMINANTS OF FERTILITY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EDUCATED WOMEN ETHNIC GROUP FAMILY ECONOMICS FAMILY FORMATION FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC FAMILY PLANNING FACILITIES FAMILY PLANNING METHODS FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS FAMILY PLANNING SERVICE FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES FEMALE STERILIZATION FERTILITY FERTILITY DECLINE FERTILITY PATTERNS FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FEWER BIRTHS FOOD INSECURITY FORMAL EDUCATION GIRLS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS HEALTH CARE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FACILITY HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HIGH FERTILITY RATE HIGH POPULATION GROWTH HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSING IMPACT OF FAMILY PLANNING IMPACT OF POPULATION IMPACT ON FERTILITY IMPORTANT POLICY INJECTABLE CONTRACEPTIVES INTERVENTION IUD LABOR MARKET LABOUR FORCE LACK OF INFORMATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFETIME FERTILITY LIMITED RESOURCES LIVE BIRTHS LIVING STANDARDS LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME SETTINGS MALARIA MARRIED WOMEN METHOD OF CONTRACEPTION MIGRATION MODERN CONTRACEPTIVES MORTALITY LEVELS MORTALITY RATE NATIONAL POPULATION NATIONAL POPULATION POLICY NUMBER OF BIRTHS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF WOMEN OLD AGE OLDER WOMEN ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL PILLS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POPULATION GROWTH RATES POPULATION POLICIES POPULATION POLICY POPULATION SIZE PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PROGRESS REPRODUCTIVE AGE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMS REPRODUCTIVE LIFE REPRODUCTIVE YEARS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT ROLE OF GENDER RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES SCHOOLS SOCIAL SECTOR TOTAL FERTILITY RATE TOTAL FERTILITY RATES UNWANTED BIRTHS UNWANTED FERTILITY URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITIES URBANIZATION WOMAN WORLD POPULATION YOUNG WOMEN YOUNGER WOMEN Although reproductive health advocates consider family planning programs the intervention of choice to reduce fertility, there remains a great deal of skepticism among economists as to their effectiveness, despite little rigorous evidence to support either position. This study explores the effects of family planning in Ethiopia using a novel set of instruments to control for potential non-random program placement. The instruments are based on ordinal rankings of area characteristics, motivated by competition between areas for resources. Access to family planning is found to reduce completed fertility by more than one child among women without education. No effect is found among women with some formal schooling, suggesting that family planning and formal education act as substitutes, at least in this low-income, low-growth setting. This provides support to the notion that increasing access to family planning can provide an important, complementary entry point to kick-start the process of fertility reduction. 2012-03-19T18:04:51Z 2012-03-19T18:04:51Z 2011-09-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110927132145 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3575 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5812 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region |