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Title:The demand for children in Anambra State of Nigeria: a logit analysis
Author:Nwakeze, Ngozi M.ISNI
Year:2007
Periodical:African Population Studies
Volume:22
Issue:2
Pages:167-193
Language:English
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subjects:fertility
Igbo
gender roles
Abstract:This paper provides empirical evidence on the determinants of demand for children in Anambra State of Nigeria. To achieve this, a micro framework was adopted and cross-sectional data obtained from a household survey conducted in 2000 were explored. The respondents were of the Igbo ethnic group and comprised ever married women within the childbearing age bracket (15-49 years). Logistics regression technique was used for the data analysis and the factors identified as strong predictors of demand for children include wife's level of participation in decisionmaking, occupation, place of residence, husband's education, among others. Surprisingly, wife's education is among the weak predictors. This supports the assumption that female education is a necessary but not sufficient condition to guarantee fertility decline. Cultural inertia may account for this, considering its adverse consequence on women's access to productive resources and level of participation in decisionmaking. App., bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract]
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