Literacy Transition and Female Nuptiality. Implications for Fertility in Pakistan

Naushin Mahmood and Zubeda Khan
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Naushin Mahmood: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE),ISlamabad.
Zubeda Khan: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE),ISlamabad.

The Pakistan Development Review, 1985, vol. 24, issue 3-4, 589-603

Abstract: As societies modernize, they move from a relatively homogeneous state to one of greater diversity in several spheres. Among those, changes in educational structure and marital patterns are of great demographic importance, particularly in countries experiencing a high tempo of fertility. Increased education is supposed to result in non-familial aspirations and a greater understanding of the process and ways of controlling fertility. Similarly, marriage postponement tends to shorten the period of exposure to childbearing and results in a lower fertility than is experienced by those marrying earlier, particularly in societies where fertility is confined to marriage and is rarely controlled. However, it is not clear whether there is a threshold at which education or age at marriage becomes important in determining changes in fertility behaviour.

Date: 1985
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