Two determinants of fertility decline: a test of competing models.
This paper compares alternative models for the process by which education and infant mortality changes may combine to reduce fertility. A linear, interactive model appears most suitable. Substantively, it indicates that those countries with a combination of low infant mortality rates and high educational enrollments experience synergistically large declines in fertility. Patterns of contraceptive use are also consistent with this model.
D000293:Adolescent; D001723:Birth Rate; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003267:Contraception; D003906:Developing Countries; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012044:Regression Analysis