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Age at First Child Does Education Delay Fertility Timing? The Case of Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorFerre, Celine
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T19:08:39Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T19:08:39Z
dc.date.issued2009-02-01
dc.description.abstractCompleting additional years of education necessarily entails spending more time in school. There is naturally a rather mechanical effect of schooling on fertility if women tend not to have children while continuing to attend high school or college, thus delaying the beginning of and shortening their reproductive life. This paper uses data from the Kenyan Demographic and Health Surveys of 1989, 1993, 1998, and 2003 to uncover the impact of staying one more year in school on teenage fertility. To get around the endogeneity issue between schooling and fertility preferences, the analysis uses the 1985 Kenyan education reform as an instrument for years of education. The authors find that adding one more year of education decreases by at least 10 percentage points the probability of giving birth when still a teenager. The probability of having one's first child before age 20, when having at least completed primary education, is about 65 percent; therefore, for this means a reduction of about 15 percent in teenage fertility rates for this group. One additional year of school curbs the probability of becoming a mother each year by 7.3 percent for women who have completed at least primary education, and 5.6 percent for women with at least a secondary degree. These results (robust to a wide array of specifications) are of crucial interest to policy and decision makers who set up health and educational policies. This paper shows that investing in education can have positive spillovers on health.en
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dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4833
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4029
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4833
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectADOLESCENCE
dc.subjectADOLESCENT
dc.subjectADOLESCENT CHILDBEARING
dc.subjectADOLESCENT FERTILITY
dc.subjectADOLESCENT GIRLS
dc.subjectADOLESCENT HEALTH
dc.subjectADOLESCENT MOTHER
dc.subjectADOLESCENT MOTHERS
dc.subjectADOLESCENT PREGNANCY
dc.subjectADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
dc.subjectADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH POLICY
dc.subjectADOLESCENT SEXUALITY
dc.subjectADOLESCENTS
dc.subjectADULTHOOD
dc.subjectAGE AT MARRIAGE
dc.subjectAGE AT MENARCHE
dc.subjectAGE OF MARRIAGE
dc.subjectAGED
dc.subjectAUTONOMY OF WOMEN
dc.subjectAVERAGE AGE
dc.subjectBIRTH COHORT
dc.subjectBIRTH WEIGHTS
dc.subjectBIRTHS
dc.subjectCHILD BEARING
dc.subjectCHILD BY AGE
dc.subjectCHILD CARE
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH CARE
dc.subjectCHILD MORBIDITY
dc.subjectCHILD MORTALITY
dc.subjectCHILD SURVIVAL
dc.subjectCHILDBEARING
dc.subjectCHILDBIRTH
dc.subjectCLASSROOM
dc.subjectCLINICS
dc.subjectCOMPLETION RATES
dc.subjectCOMPLICATIONS
dc.subjectCOMPULSORY SCHOOLING
dc.subjectCONTRACEPTION
dc.subjectCONTRACEPTIVE METHODS
dc.subjectCONTRACEPTIVE USE
dc.subjectCONTROL OVER RESOURCES
dc.subjectCOUNTRIES WITH HIGH FERTILITY RATES
dc.subjectCULTURAL CHANGE
dc.subjectDECISION MAKING
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDROPOUT
dc.subjectEARLY CHILDBEARING
dc.subjectEARLY MARRIAGE
dc.subjectEARLY PREGNANCIES
dc.subjectEARLY PREGNANCY
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC STATUS
dc.subjectEDUCATED WOMEN
dc.subjectEDUCATION OF WOMEN
dc.subjectEDUCATION REFORM
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL LEVELS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL POLICIES
dc.subjectENROLLMENT
dc.subjectENROLLMENT RATES
dc.subjectETHNIC GROUP
dc.subjectETHNIC GROUPS
dc.subjectEXCESS FERTILITY
dc.subjectEXTENDED FAMILY
dc.subjectFACT SHEET
dc.subjectFAMILY INCOME
dc.subjectFAMILY PLANNING
dc.subjectFAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES
dc.subjectFAMILY SIZE
dc.subjectFAMILY TIES
dc.subjectFEMALE EDUCATION
dc.subjectFEMALE STUDENTS
dc.subjectFERTILITY
dc.subjectFERTILITY BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectFERTILITY LEVELS
dc.subjectFERTILITY PATTERNS
dc.subjectFERTILITY PREFERENCES
dc.subjectFERTILITY RATES
dc.subjectFERTILITY REGULATION
dc.subjectFERTILITY TRENDS
dc.subjectFIRST BIRTH
dc.subjectFIRST CHILD
dc.subjectFIRST PREGNANCY
dc.subjectFIRST SEX
dc.subjectFIRST SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
dc.subjectGIRLS IN SCHOOL
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHEALTH CONSEQUENCES
dc.subjectHEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subjectHEALTH PROBLEMS
dc.subjectHEALTH RISKS
dc.subjectHIGH SCHOOL
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectIDEAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN
dc.subjectIMPACT OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectIMPACT ON FERTILITY
dc.subjectINFANT
dc.subjectINFANT FEEDING
dc.subjectINFANT HEALTH
dc.subjectINTERVENTION
dc.subjectINTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectKIDS
dc.subjectKINDERGARTEN
dc.subjectKINSHIP
dc.subjectLARGE FAMILIES
dc.subjectLARGER FAMILIES
dc.subjectLEVEL OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectLEVEL OF FERTILITY
dc.subjectLEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectLEVELS OF FERTILITY
dc.subjectLITERACY
dc.subjectMASS MEDIA
dc.subjectMATERNAL EDUCATION
dc.subjectMATERNAL MORTALITY
dc.subjectMINISTRY OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectMINISTRY OF HEALTH
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectMORTALITY RISKS
dc.subjectMOTHER
dc.subjectNATIONAL COUNCIL
dc.subjectNATIONAL LAWS
dc.subjectNATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subjectNUMBER OF CHILDREN
dc.subjectNUMBER OF WOMEN
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectOBSTETRIC CARE
dc.subjectOBSTETRIC FISTULA
dc.subjectOLD SYSTEM
dc.subjectOLDER MOTHERS
dc.subjectOLDER STUDENTS
dc.subjectPHARMACIES
dc.subjectPHYSICAL MATURITY
dc.subjectPLACE OF RESIDENCE
dc.subjectPOLICY LEVER
dc.subjectPOLICY MAKERS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPOOR ADOLESCENT MOTHERS
dc.subjectPOPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectPOPULATION BULLETIN
dc.subjectPOPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU
dc.subjectPOPULATION STUDIES
dc.subjectPREGNANCIES OF WOMEN
dc.subjectPREGNANCY RATES
dc.subjectPREGNANCY-RELATED DEATHS
dc.subjectPREGNANT STUDENTS
dc.subjectPREGNANT TEENAGERS
dc.subjectPREMATURE BIRTH
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL GRADUATES
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOLING
dc.subjectPRIOR TO MARRIAGE
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectRADIO
dc.subjectREPRODUCTIVE AGE
dc.subjectREPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
dc.subjectREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INDICATORS
dc.subjectREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH POLICY
dc.subjectREPRODUCTIVE LIFE
dc.subjectRESULT OF PREGNANCY
dc.subjectRISK OF DEATH
dc.subjectRISK OF EXPOSURE
dc.subjectRISK OF PREGNANCY
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectSAFE MOTHERHOOD
dc.subjectSCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
dc.subjectSCHOOL CURRICULUM
dc.subjectSECONDARY DEGREE
dc.subjectSECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOLING
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOLS
dc.subjectSELF-RELIANCE
dc.subjectSEX
dc.subjectSEXUAL INTERCOURSE
dc.subjectSIBLINGS
dc.subjectSINGLE CHILD
dc.subjectSIZE OF FAMILIES
dc.subjectSOCIAL CONTROL
dc.subjectSOCIAL SCIENCES
dc.subjectSOCIAL STATUS
dc.subjectSOCIALIZATION
dc.subjectSPILLOVER
dc.subjectSPOUSES
dc.subjectSTATUS OF WOMEN
dc.subjectTEACHING
dc.subjectTEEN
dc.subjectTEEN PREGNANCIES
dc.subjectTEEN PREGNANCY
dc.subjectTEEN YEARS
dc.subjectTEENAGE CHILDBEARING
dc.subjectTEENAGE FERTILITY
dc.subjectTEENAGE MOTHERS
dc.subjectTEENAGE PREGNANCIES
dc.subjectTEENAGE PREGNANCY
dc.subjectTEENAGE WOMEN
dc.subjectTEENAGER
dc.subjectTEENAGERS
dc.subjectTEENS
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectVACCINATION
dc.subjectWOMAN
dc.subjectYOUNG AGE
dc.subjectYOUNG MATERNAL AGE
dc.subjectYOUNG MOTHERS
dc.subjectYOUNG PEOPLE
dc.subjectYOUNG WOMAN
dc.subjectYOUNG WOMEN
dc.titleAge at First Child Does Education Delay Fertility Timing? The Case of Kenyaen
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okr.crossref.titleAge At First Child: Does Education Delay Fertility Timing? The Case Of Kenya
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okr.globalpracticeEducation
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4833
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20090210091332
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum10240507
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryKenya
okr.region.geographicalSub-Saharan Africa
okr.region.geographicalEast Africa
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Population Policies
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Adolescent Health
okr.topicEducation::Education For All
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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