Community-level determinants of contraceptive use in the Philippines: A structural analysis
Community-level determinants of contraceptive use in the Philippines: A structural analysis
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DOI：
10.2307/3038291
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发表时间：
1997-08-01
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影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Guilkey, DK
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作者：
Degraff, DS;Bilsborrow, RE;Guilkey, DK
我们使用菲律宾的家庭和社区数据来估计避孕药具使用的多层次模型。我们超越以往的努力，在这一领域开发一个结构模型，认识到联合endoorthogonal和时间顺序的变量，通过考虑更广泛的社会影响生育行为，并采用计量经济学的程序，允许一个多层次的误差结构。结果表明，社区计划生育服务、劳动力市场条件和基础设施发展对生育行为有显着影响。这些结果提供了关于避孕药具使用和生育率的结构性决定因素的见解，有助于得出政策影响。
We use household and community data from the Philippines to estimate a multilevel model of contraceptive use. We go beyond previous efforts in this field by developing a structural model that recognizes joint endogeneity and the temporal ordering of variables, by considering a wider range of community influences on fertility behavior and by employing an econometric procedure allowing for a multilevel error structure. The results suggest that there are significant effects on fertility behavior of community-level family planning services, labor-market conditions, and infrastructure development. These results provide insights regarding the structural determinants of contraceptive use and fertility that are useful for drawing policy implications.