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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

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

National Research Council


NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C.
1999

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This project was supported by the United States Agency for International Development’s Office of Population, under award no. CCP-A-0095-00024-02, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

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Critical perspectives on schooling and fertility in the developing world / Caroline H. Bledsoe ... [et al.] editors.

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1. Birth control—Study and teaching—Developing countries. 2. Fertility, Human—Study and teaching—Developing countries. 3. Teenage girls—Education—Developing countries. I. Bledsoe, Caroline H. II. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population.

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COMMITTEE ON POPULATION 1998

JANE MENKEN (Chair),

Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder

CAROLINE H. BLEDSOE,

Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University

JOHN BONGAARTS,

The Population Council, New York

DAVID A. LAM,

Department of Economics, University of Michigan

LINDA G. MARTIN, RAND,

Santa Monica, California

MARK R. MONTGOMERY,

Department of Economics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, and The Population Council, New York

W. HENRY MOSLEY,

Department of Population Dynamics, Johns Hopkins University

ALBERTO PALLONI,

Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison

JAMES P. SMITH, RAND,

Santa Monica, California

BETH J. SOLDO,

Department of Demography, Georgetown University

LINDA J. WAITE,

Department of Sociology, University of Chicago

BARNEY COHEN, Director

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CONTRIBUTORS

ALAKA M. BASU, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University

CAROLINE H. BLEDSOE, Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University

ANTHONY T. CARTER, Department of Anthropology, University of Rochester

JOHN B. CASTERLINE, The Population Council, New York

IAN DIAMOND, Department of Social Statistics, University of Southampton

PARFAIT M. ELOUNDOU-ENYEGUE, RAND, Santa Monica, California

BRUCE FULLER, School of Education, University of California, Berkeley

PAUL GLEWWE, The World Bank

JOHN G. HAAGA, Population Reference Bureau, Washington, D.C.

JENNIFER A. JOHNSON-KUHN, Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University

XIAOYAN LIANG, The World Bank

CYNTHIA B. LLOYD, The Population Council, New York

BARBARA MENSCH, The Population Council, New York

MARK R. MONTGOMERY, Department of Economics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, and The Population Council, New York

MARGARET NEWBY, Department of Social Statistics, University of Southampton

DUNCAN THOMAS, RAND, Santa Monica, California

SARAH VARLE, Department of Social Statistics, University of Southampton

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Acknowledgments

The committee is grateful to the many individuals who made substantive and productive contributions to the project. Most important, we are indebted to the authors of the papers for their willingness to participate and to contribute with their special knowledge. Primary organization and planning for the workshop and this report was overseen by committee member Caroline Bledsoe, former committee member John Casterline, and former staff director John Haaga. The committee would also like to thank Barney Cohen, project director; LaTanya Johnson, project assistant; and Rona Briere, contract editor.

These papers have been reviewed by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the Report Review Committee of the National Research Council (NRC). The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments to assist the authors and the NRC in making the published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the purpose of the activity. The committee thanks the following individuals for their participation in the review of the papers in this report: William Axinn, Pennsylvania State University; Jere Behrman, University of Pennsylvania; Caroline Bledsoe, Northwestern University; John Casterline, Population Council; Teresa Castro-Martín, United Nations; Orieji Chimere-Dan, University of Witwatersrand; Elizabeth Colson, University of California, Berkeley; Barbara Entwisle, University of North Carolina; Bruce Fuller, University of California, Berkeley; Eugene A. Hammel, University of California, Berkeley; Jennifer Johnson-Kuhn, Northwestern University; Elizabeth King, World Bank; Anjini Kochar, Stanford University; David Lam, University of

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Michigan; Thomas Pullum, University of Texas at Austin; Brian Street, University of Sussex; Stephen Tollman, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; and Nicholas Townsend, Brown University. While these individuals provided constructive comments and suggestions, responsibility for the final content of this volume rests solely with the authoring committee and the NRC.

Finally, the committee gratefully acknowledges the United States Agency for International Development, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for their generous financial support.

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