The interaction between health & fertility: evidence from the Ivory Coast

Type Journal Article - Journal of Health & Population in Developing Countries
Title The interaction between health & fertility: evidence from the Ivory Coast
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Volume 3
Issue 3
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2003
URL http://www.longwoods.com/product/download/code/17629ence from the Ivory Coast
Abstract
This paper looks at the interaction between parental investment in child health and fertility. There is evidence that health investment, in the form of vaccinations, has a negative association with fertility and lower fertility in turn encourages more investments in children. Unlike most of literature on the interaction between the quantity of children and parental investment, this paper looked at health investment (measured by vaccinations) as a measure of child "quality" rather than educational attainment.

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