A mulivariate analysis on the husband's role on fertility
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2011-03
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Rapid population growth has been one of the problems facing developing countries like the Philippines.
Though Though world population growth rate is slowly decreasing, this issue must be given importance as to not have negative long-term effects on the health of Using economy. Using a multivariate estimation strategy and data derived National Demography 2008 Health Survey and Health Survey or NDHS, we want to come up with a conclusive analysis on the relationship between the actual and the desired number of children of the mother, which is one Furthermore, the determinants of population. Furthermore, a total of 9, 964 sexually active women were examined to determine whether the husband's choices and own preferred number of We affect the fertility of the mother. We expect that this will have great effects especially in the We society, where males are still primarily dominant. We found out that in a framework including this and other factors, husband's preference The the greatest marginal effects on our chosen dependent variable. The analysis done has many implications on current family planning programs in the country. We consider increasing available information on family planning services with the emphasis on the roles and responsibilities of both the husband and the wife on actual fertility and fertility preferences to be one policy implication based on our findings.
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Husband role, Fertility, Multivariate analysis