Bargaining Leverage in Family Planning: A Gender-based Analysis of Filipino Couples' Reproductive Choices

• Main Author: Bautista, Cristina
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: Intrahousehold bargaining; collective household model; family economics; family planning; fertility; Economics
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/economics-faculty-pubs/195; https://www.ijcwed.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/PICCWED9_11.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

At the heart of the Philippines’ population problem is the high fertility rate among low-income households. The country’s total fertility rate remains the highest in Southeast Asia, averaging 2.7 births per woman as of 2017. Numerous studies have established the positive association between poverty...