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Item Restricted Determinants of malnutrition among children in the Philippines(2011-10) Egar, Gail Rose Anne C.; Tubianosa, Honeylet R.; Tan, Edita A.Item Restricted Understanding intimate partner violence and poverty: an analysis of the role of unequal educational attainment between partners in Philippine households(2011-04) Hautea, Samantha Menancio; Solon, Jose Orville C.Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a serious public health problem which iimits future productivity, has adverse effects on children in the family, and prevents the achievement of While equality. While IPV is known to be prevalent among partners with lower educational attainment, what is not well understood is whether inequality in educational attainment between partners has significant effect IPV. Logistic the incidence of IPV. Logistic regression analysis was conducted National Demographic data Health Survey 2008 National Demographic Philippines, Health Survey (NDHS) in the Philippines, and controlling This other known factors associated with IPV. This study found that relative educational attainment Having partners significantly predicted some forms of IPV. Having equal, higher educational attainment between partners significantly reduced the incidence of physical violence by 35-84%, while having unequal The attainment significantly increased the incidence of emotional violence While 62-75%. The effect of educational attainment on sexual violence was ambiguous. While overall insignificant with ever experiencing any form of sexual violence, relative education levels was associated with specific types of sexual violence, with Educational incidence of sexual violence when level of education of the male partner is higher. Educational reforms at the primary and secondary levels may reduce the incidence of physical IPV.Item Restricted Fertility and the value of children: an in-depth study(1982-03-31) Romero, Florimel N.; Yapchiongco, Jona S.; Pernia, Ernesto M.Item Restricted Nutritional status and its deteminants(1980-03-14) Bulan, Ma. Susana T.; Tan, Edita A.Item Restricted The utility of children in low-income urban and rural households of the Philippines(1981-03) Sayo, Antonieta Angela A.Item Restricted An analysis of the problem of dropping out among school children(1983-01) Ferrer, Annie R.Item Restricted Costs of children in Metro Manila(1980-03) Jacinto, Antonio N.Item Restricted Number of children and its effect on the education spending of a Filipino household(2009-11) Destajo, Christopher A.; Larin, Jason Nicholas G.; Balisacan, ArsenioOne way to achieve economic growth is by investing in human capital. However, the presence of large number of children can prohibit this investment and cause a poor household to stay or to fall into the poverty trap. This paper examines the relationship between educational spending and the number of school-age children in a Philippine household using the 2004 APIS data. The econometric model used was based on the fertility-education trade-off model. Results suggest that there is a negative and significant effect of the number of children to the per-child spending on education. This confirms the fertility and education trade-off established in the literature. The endogeneity of the number of children in the equation was also considered in the model. Other determinants of education spending such as household head characteristics and household income were also included in the model.Item Restricted Economics of motherhood: The Opportunity cost of children(1999-10) Cuesta, Cybelle Desine A.; Muñoz, Michelle Angelica C.; Tan, Edita A.Item Restricted Factors affecting labor supply decisions of wives and the threshold number of children: Philippines, October 1992(1996-03) Salonga, Enmar; de Ramon, Mary Grace; Fabella, Raul V.