Rural Electrification and Fertility - Evidence from Cote d'Ivoire

Jorg Peters and Colin Vance

Journal of Development Studies, 2011, vol. 47, issue 5, 753-766

Abstract: Using household-level survey data from Cote d'Ivoire, this paper investigates the determinants of fertility with a particular focus on the effect of electrification. Based on a Poisson regression model, our analysis suggests a highly significant relationship between fertility and electricity, but one that is only revealed when the model distinguishes between rural and urban areas. Specifically, we find a positive association between electricity and fertility for urban households, contrasted by a negative relationship for rural households. This dichotomy is suggested to reflect the influences of electricity in facilitating child care, offset by its modernising impacts through the provision of information.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2010.527954

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