Economic status proxies in studies of fertility in developing countries: Does the measure matter?
Economic status proxies in studies of fertility in developing countries: Does the measure matter?
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DOI：
10.1080/00324720213796
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发表时间：
2002-03-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Stecklov, G
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作者：
Bollen, KA;Glanville, JL;Stecklov, G
本文调查了使用不同的经济地位指标对经济地位和生育率的其他决定因素的估计影响的结果。利用加纳和秘鲁的微观调查数据，我们发现，最能预测生育率的收入指标是耐用消费品所有权的主成分分数和这些耐用品所有权的简单总和。此外，代理的选择通常对控制变量的预测效果影响较小。我们比较了使用有限的一组代理的结果，例如那些在人口和健康调查中可用的结果，以及使用更长的一组代理获得的结果。我们的结果通过让研究人员意识到微观分析对经济状况处理的敏感性，暗示了生育力分析以外的影响。我们的结果还为收集调查数据提出了切实可行的建议。
This paper investigates the consequences of using different economic status proxies on the estimated impact of economic status and other determinants of fertility. Using micro survey data from Ghana and Peru, we find that the proxies for income that best predict fertility are a principal components score of the ownership of consumer durable goods and a simple sum of ownership of these durable goods. Furthermore, the choice of the proxy generally has a minor influence on the predicted effects of the control variables. We compare the results from using a restricted set of proxies, such as those available in the Demographic and Health Surveys, with the results obtained using a lengthier set of proxies. Our results suggest implications beyond fertility analyses by providing researchers with an awareness of the sensitivity of microanalyses to the treatment of economic status. Our results also suggest practical recommendations for the collection of survey data.