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THE EFFECT OF EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ON FERTILITY

THE EFFECT OF EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ON FERTILITY

This research examines the effect of educational attainment on fertility. Following this introduction, literature is reviewed and data are presented to illustrate what is known about this relationship. The gaps in the knowledge of the relationship between educational attainment and fertility are then identified. Lastly, the feasibility of conducting additional research to develop the information necessary information to close the knowledge gaps is discussed.

Current Knowledge of the Educational

Conventional wisdom in both sociology and economics holds that the fertility rate declines as female educational attainment increases (Swenson & Thang, 1993, pp. 163-167). Numerous research studies have concluded that the inverse relationship between fertility rates and female educational attainment is consistent across cultures and economies (Lewis & Ventura, 1990, pp. 1-40; Brittain, 1991, pp. 94-112). London (1992, pp. 306-316), however, reported only modest support for the contention that higher levels of female educational attainment lead to lower fertility rates, and Ribar (1993, pp. 153-164) suggested that higher income levels lead to higher fertility rates. This conclusion challenges the assumptions that higher educational attainment leads both to higher income levels and lower fertility rates. One factor that stands out in the literature covering the relationship between female educational attainment and fertility rates is the challenge to the conventional wisdom on the issue. A preliminary conclusion that may be drawn is that perhaps we do not know what we have long thought that we knew about this relationship.

Data relating fertility rates to grade four educational attainment on a global basis are presented in Table 1, which may be found on the following page. The data presented in Table 1 generally indicates that fertility rates decreased as grade four educationa...

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