Limiting Family Size Through the Sufficient Provision of Basic Necessities and Social Services: The Case of Pasay, Eastern Samar, and Agusan Del Sur

• Main Authors: Rivera, John Paolo R., See, Kurt Gerrard T.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2011
• Subjects: contraceptives; family planning; maximum likelihood estimation; population; Reproductive Health Bill; women empowerment; Family, Life Course, and Society; Regional Economics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/res_aki/48; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1073&context=res_aki
• Institution: De La Salle University

The socio-economic quandaries of rapid population growth and poverty have always been coupled. It is evident that the poorest households are those who have larger family size. Consequently, these households have to support more people with fewer resources, making the family live a life of inherited...