Research Article
Women’s Education, Family Planning, or Both? Application of Multistate Demographic Projections in India
Table 1
Wanted fertility rate of Indian women of childbearing ages, from national family health surveys.
| | 2005-2006 NFHS | 1992-1993 NFHS | | Wanted TFR | TFR | Ratio | Wanted TFR | TFR | Ratio |
| | (1) | (2) | (1)/(2) | (1) | (2) | (1)/(2) | No education | 2.4 | 3.6 | 0.667 | 3.2 | 4 | 0.800 | Primary | 1.9 | 2.6 | 0.731 | 2.3 | 3 | 0.767 | Secondary or higher | 1.7 | 2.1 | 0.810 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 0.792 | Missing | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.000 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 0.756 |
| Total | 1.9 | 2.7 | 0.704 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 0.765 |
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