Measuring the causal effect of women’s schooling on contraceptive use in Nigeria

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dc.article.end-page729en_ZA
dc.article.start-page716en_ZA
dc.citation.doi10.1080/0376835X.2019.1593109en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAjefu, Joseph Boniface
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-29T12:17:04Z
dc.date.available2020-07-29T12:17:04Z
dc.date.issued2019-09-03
dc.description.abstractThis paper uses the 2008 Nigerian Demographic Health Survey to investigate the effect of women’s schooling on contraceptive use. In order to control for endogeneity of women’s schooling, this paper uses an instrumental variable approach, with the free primary education programme in Nigeria introduced from 1976 to 1981, as an instrument for women’s schooling. The paper finds that the education of women increases the probability of using contraceptives. Disaggregating the results between traditional and modern contraceptive use, the results show a positive and significant impact of women’s education on both modern and traditional contraceptive use. The findings of the study lend credence to the evidence that birth control measures can lead to better timing and spacing of births that allow women to significantly expand their economic opportunities and life prospects. These have implications for women’s economic empowerment and gender equality, which are vital for any sustainable development policy.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianTT2020en_ZA
dc.facultyFaculty of Commerce, Law and Managementen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAjefu, J.B. 2019. Measuring the causal effect of women’s schooling on contraceptive use in Nigeria, Development Southern Africa, 36:5, 716-729.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0376-835X (Print)
dc.identifier.issn1470-3637 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/29279
dc.journal.issue5en_ZA
dc.journal.linkhttps://doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2019.1593109en_ZA
dc.journal.titleDevelopment Southern Africaen_ZA
dc.journal.volume36en_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_ZA
dc.rights© 2019 Government Technical Advisory Centre (GTAC).en_ZA
dc.schoolSchool of Economics and Financeen_ZA
dc.subjectFemaleen_ZA
dc.subjectschoolingen_ZA
dc.subjectcausalen_ZA
dc.subjecteffecten_ZA
dc.subjectcontraceptivesen_ZA
dc.subjectNigeriaen_ZA
dc.titleMeasuring the causal effect of women’s schooling on contraceptive use in Nigeriaen_ZA
dc.title.alternativeDevelopment Southern Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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