Can the Provision of Social Services Limit Family Size? 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 2014
• Subjects: Demography, Population, and Ecology; Family, Life Course, and Society
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/res_aki/160; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/res_aki/article/1146/viewcontent/CAN_THE_PROVISION_OF_SOCIAL_SERVICES_LIMIT_FAMILY_SIZE.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

Rapid population growth is deemed by economists as one of the root causes of the Philippines’ underdevelopment, economic stagnation, resource depletion, and high crime rate, among others. According to Todaro and Smith (2008), it gives rise to poverty since economic growth cannot outpace and sustain...