Schools, Their Spatial Distribution and Characteristics, and Fertility Limitation

Autor/in	Brauner-Otto, Sarah R.
Titel	Schools, Their Spatial Distribution and Characteristics, and Fertility Limitation
Quelle	In: Rural Sociology, 77 (2012) 3, S.321-354 (34 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-0112
DOI	10.1111/j.1549-0831.2012.00085.x
Schlagwörter	Females; Mathematics Achievement; Foreign Countries; Social Environment; Student Characteristics; Womens Education; Contraception; Institutional Characteristics; Teacher Characteristics; Social Influences; Gender Differences; Teacher Education; Educational Attainment; Sexuality; Birth; Rural Sociology; Nepal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Ausland; Soziales Umfeld; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Empfängnisverhütung; Sozialer Einfluss; Geschlechterkonflikt; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Sexualität; Geburt; Agrarsoziologie
Abstract	This article investigates the complex relationship between various dimensions of women's educational context and their contraceptive use later in life. Using data from rural Nepal on all the schools that ever existed in one community, I create geographically weighted measures of school characteristics--specifically teacher and student characteristics--that capture exposure to the complete array of schools and investigate the direct relationship between these dimensions of school characteristics and contraceptive use. These analyses provide new information on the broader issue of how social context influences the adoption of innovative behaviors by exploring the wide-reaching effects of school characteristics on individuals. Findings show that the gender of teachers, the gender of other students, and the level of teacher education are all related to women's use of contraception; that increased exposure to these school characteristics throughout the study area, but not necessarily at the closest school, is related to higher rates of contraceptive use; and that school characteristics early in the life course can have long-term consequences for individual behavior. (Contains 4 figures, 3 tables and 19 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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