Browsing by Author "Cruz, Lorena Lalen Q."
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Item Restricted Correlates of women labor force participation in the Philippines: a multivariate analysis(2013-10) Caslib, Camille Anne N.; Cruz, Lorena Lalen Q.; Ducanes, Geoffery M.This paper studies the relationship between fertility and labor force participation, as well as demographic, socio-economic and cultural factors. Although fertility rate in the country is declining, rapid population growth that exacerbates poverty continues still to be one of the problems faced by the country .. At the same time, the number of women participating in the labor market is increasing. Using data from the National Demographic Health Survey 2008, this study examines the relationship between fertility and female labor force participation using a multivariate Poisson regression. The results confirm a negative relationship between fertility and female labor participation but the magnitude of the effect is relatively small. The study also finds that other factors such as area of residence, educational attainment, and age of the woman, wealth and religion are significantly correlated with fertility.