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Title: | Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Demand for Children in Jimma City, Ethiopia: An Application of Count Data Model |
Authors: | Tadesse, Bedassa Asefa, Sisay |
Year: | 2002 |
Periodical: | Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review (ISSN 1027-1775) |
Volume: | 18 |
Issue: | 2 |
Period: | June |
Pages: | 43-67 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs. |
Geographic terms: | Ethiopia Northeast Africa |
Subjects: | family planning urban households Miscellaneous (i.e. Demography, Refugees, Sports) Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Economics and Trade demography fertility population policy Economic theory Jimma (Ethiopia) |
External link: | http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eastern_africa_social_science_research_review/v018/18.2tadesse.pdf |
Abstract: | Using cross-section data on urban households from Jimma city, southwestern Ethiopia, this paper applies the economic theory of consumer choice and examines some endogenous household characteristics that affect the demand for children among urban households in Ethiopia. Based on parameter estimates derived from a count data model, the paper also simulates the average number of children desired by a woman of median urban household characteristics and assesses the extent to which an exogenously set population policy goal of lower fertility can be achieved. The results of the study indicate that enhancing paternal and maternal education, altering the economic value of children, increasing household income, and delaying the marriage age are important policy measures that should be pursued to reduce fertility. Institutional approaches that involve 'faith-based initiatives' are also relevant. An important implication of the study is that by using measures that target these socioeconomic variables via market incentives, fertility levels among urban households in Jimma and other urban areas of Ethiopia with similar demographic features can be reduced. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. |