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    Evidence of son preference and its influence of family building process in the Philippines
    (2001-10) Arellano, Elenita L.; Galvez, Maybelline Jo M.; Bautista, Socorro Gochoco
    The key question that will be addressed in the study is: "Is there a male child preference in the Philippines?" When male children are valued more by parents, there is son preference. If this phenomenon is present; parents will alter their fertility behavior as they build their families. The family building process depends on the preferences that parents exhibit in wanting more children. Son preference assumes that the presence or absence of a surviving son is a criterion for the fertility decision of the couple. This study will try to establish the presence or non-existence of son preference in the Philippines by focusing on the setting of the demand for children and testing the effect of the sex of the youngest or index child and the gender of the previous surviving children to the decision of a couple to have an extra child in their families. Other biological and socio-economic variables were also included. The results show that there is equal preference for sons and· daughters in the Philippines and the decision to have children is strongly affected by biological and cultural reasons and environmental influences. Parents in the country tend to hold similar attitudes about the relative importance and value their of daughters and sons in their households. However, Filipino still want bigger families. Although there is no son preference in the Philippines, still, many experience gender discrimination. Therefore, relevant gender-sensitive policies need to be adopted and applied.
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    Beyond 9 months: a study on the significance of early childbearing on a women's educational attainment
    (2002-11) Aguilar, Karla Antonette S.
    In this paper, we model and estimate the relationship between teenage childbearing at different ages and educational attainment. We employ a two-stage least squares estimation method to take into account the endogeneity and simultaneity bias of age at first childbirth and educational attainment. Using data from the 1994 Young Adult Fertility Survey (YAFS2), we find that teenage childbearing at any age substantially reduces years of formal education and hence the educational attainment of women. Our results suggest that "a teen birth is a teen birth", and that public policies that reduce teenage childbearing are likely to have positive effects on the economic well being of young mothers.
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    The length of birth intervals and its effects on maternal health: Philippine setting
    (2010-10) Santiago, Jessyka Mae N.; Victor, Kristine Joy P.; Capuno, Joseph
    The desire to measure the effects of the length of birth intervals on maternal health in the Philippines is the primary factor motivating this study. This paper examines the effect of longer birth intervals on a mother's health using the National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS 2008) data. Pregnancy complications-prior delivery and during delivery-were used as indicators to measure the maternal health. Vaginal bleeding and urinary tract infection during pregnancy as· well as prolonged labor and excessive bleeding during childbirth pose hazards to both fetal and maternal health. The authors used probit regression model to estimate the results because of the presence of binary dependent variables. There was also a need to motivate the probit regression since one of the regressors, Preceding Birth Interval, is endogenous. Results show that the longer the birth spacing, the lesser the risks of experiencing complications in the urinary bladder.
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    A marco cost-benefit analysis of the Philippine family planning pogram
    (1999-10) Tulio, Karla Teresa H.; Yballe, Luz Monica D.
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    The "ideal" number of children of Filipino couples
    (2003-10) Gonzales, Melanie C.
    The childbearing decision is a microeconomic variable consequential to the rapid population growth predicament of developing countries. In the Philippine case, this has to be given more consideration for the crafting of public policy on population management programs given that the childbearing decision with respect to the ideal number of children is now becoming exogenously determined by usage of family planning methods as is revealed by the Family Planning Survey of currently married women using modern and traditional contraceptive methods that totaled 33 percent and 16.8 percent respectively in 2001. The 2000 State of the Philippine Population Report says that the Philippine population is expected to double in 35 years. The government, hence, must make population management programs as important components of its public policy to sequentially prevent this prediction from becoming a reality. Through information campaigns, couples' decisions on reproductive behavior would be altered to conform to favorable population growth rate. When couples are able to realize their ideal family sizes, alternatively, their ideal . number of children, the projected population of about 154 million in year 2035 could be prevented. Therefore, analyzing the inter-couple differences in fertility goals is a good start for demographic policy makers in crafting population management programs. Since underlying these variations are potential sources of population growth that may suggest the missing component for a more effective one.
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    Factors associated with the views of the youth on the reproductive health bill (house bill 5043)
    (2009-03) Del Rosario, Mia Gabrielle T.; Toda, Annalee Joyce C.
    This paper examines the factors associated with the views of the youth on the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill (or House Bill 5043), in particular the provision on reproductive health education in schools and its supposed promiscuity effect on sexuality behavior. Using cross-tabulations of the data gathered through a self-administered questionnaire survey, the paper compares the views of adolescents of different backgrounds and characteristics. Analysis of the data shows that the youth generally have favorable views on the RH bill and on its sex education provision, regardless of gender, religion or household income. It also shows that the few who have an unfavorable opinion are practicing Catholics who have never engaged in sexual intercourse. In addition, very few believe that sex education leads to promiscuity and even these few support the bill and such specific provision. Furthermore, the paper finds that population policy which helps reduce proverty is generally favored by the survey respondents. Lastly, the researchers recommend that the study be replicated to cover other youth of different backgrounds and institutional settings.
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    Determinants of contraceptive use: a perspective on reproductive health in the Philippines
    (2010-10) Nash, Joseph Christopher
    The paper aimed to determine the different determinants that affect contraceptive choice in the Philippines. Using the data from the National Demographic and Health Survey, this paper looked at selected variables - distributed into three subgroups: the respondent's characteristics, her partner's characteristics, and the household's socio-environmental characteristics- that are expected to have an impact on the probability that a household will choose modem contraceptives over nonuse and traditional forms of contraceptives over nonuse. Results of the multinomial logistic regression revealed that education (of both wife and her husband), the status of employment, place of residence, religion, and the number of living children were found to be significant. These findings provide insights that could be useful for policy recommendation on population management.