title: Female work experience, employment status, and birth expectations: sequential decision-making in the Philippines.
abstract: The influence of women's birth parity and accumulated market skills on their current labor force participation and birth expectations is examined within a sequential choice framework. Analysis of household data from the 1973 Philippines National Demographic Survey suggests these patterns: (a) women who have accumulated larger families work less in the current period and anticipate fewer additional births; (b) women with more past work experience tend to work more hours in the current period; and (c) work experience appears to have only a weak negative effect on birth expectations among older women.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003657:Decision Making; D004651:Employment; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D010298:Parity; D010679:Philippines; D014930:Women