An Investigation of Household Reproductive Behaviour in Pakistan

Mohammad, Irfan and Farooq, G. M. and Khan, Zubaida and Mohammad, Rafiq and Tariq, Javed Khan and Nasir, Mueen (1983): An Investigation of Household Reproductive Behaviour in Pakistan. Published in: Studies in Population, Labour Force and Migration Project Report No. 4 (1983)

Abstract

Our present concern is with fertility determinants on Pakistan. Based on the household data co11cted in connection with PIDE/ILO project "Studies in Population, Labour Ircrce and Migration in Pakistan" an attempt is made to ascertain the influence of various socio-economic variables on household fertility decision making. The analysis which follows is preliminary in nature and can be characterised as taking a general socio-economic approach.

Various fertility measures available from the survey are described in this paper followed by a discussion on the choice and specification of independent variables in the next section. Regression results are presented in the third section.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Household Survey; Reproductive Behaviour in Pakistan; Fertility measures; Regression Analysis
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J13 - Fertility ; Family Planning ; Child Care ; Children ; Youth; H - Public Economics > H3 - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents > H31 - Household; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics; D - Microeconomics > D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R2 - Household Analysis

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