Women’s education, employment status and the choice of birth control method: An investigation for the case of Turkey

Deniz Karaoglan () and Durdane Sirin Saracoglu ()
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Deniz Karaoglan: Department of Economics, Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
Durdane Sirin Saracoglu: Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

No 1803, ERC Working Papers from ERC - Economic Research Center, Middle East Technical University

Abstract: In this study we investigate whether women’s education, labor market status and their status within the household have any impact on their choice of a birth control method in Turkey. We use the 2013 round of Demographic Health Survey (DHS) dataset which includes information about women’s education levels and occupation types as well as other socioeconomic status indicators. The DHS also reports whether women use relatively more effective modern (i.e. IUD, pill, etc.) or traditional (i.e. withdrawal) methods. In the empirical analysis, we apply multivariate logistic estimation techniques and control for women’s other indicators of socioeconomic status such as age, ethnicity, and wealth. We find that woman’s education level and urban residence are the leading determinants that explain the choice of modern contraceptive methods. We also observe that women who are unemployed, inactive or unpaid family workers are less likely to use modern contraceptive methods compared to wage-earner women.

Keywords: Human capital theory; fertility; contraceptive choice; women’s socioeconomic status; logit estimation; Turkey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 J21 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2018-02, Revised 2018-02
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