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Female education workforce participation and age at marriage are argued to be imperfect but workable indicators of womens status in Pakistan. All 3 measures are shown to be significant determinants of fertility in a survey of 1979-80. Similarly age at marriage is related to female education and in urban areas to workforce participation. In addition the education for the next generation of mothers is shown to depend on parental education and in urban areas the discrimination against girls education diminishes as the occupational and educational level of their parents increases. These differentials and their implications for future change are masked by the absence of national fertility decline. (authors) (summaries in ENG FRE SPA)
Sathar et al. (Thu,) studied this question.