Critical Perspectives on Schooling and Fertility in the Developing World

Caroline H. Bledsoe, John B. Casterline, Jennifer A. Johnson-Kuhn, and John G. Haaga, Editors; Committee on Population, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 1 Introduction; 3 2 Female Education and Fertility: Examining the Links; 4 3 What is Meant, and Measured, by 'Education'?; 5 4 Implications of Formal Schooling for Girls' Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries; 6 5 School Qulatiy, Student Achievement, and Fertility in Developing Countries; 7 6 Fertility, Education, and Resources in South Africa; 8 7 Which Girls Stay in School? The Influence of Family Economy, Social Demands, and Ethnicity in South Africa; 9 8 Excess Fertility, Unintended Births, and Children's Schooling; 10 9 Women's Education, Marriage, and Fertility in South Asia: Do Men Really Not Matter?; 11 10 Fertility and Education: What Do We Now Know?; 12 Index