Impact of Education on Fertility: Evidence from a Tribal Society in Assam, India

Table 5

Significance of education of parents and other variables in explaining fertility (regression model 2).

Regressor			VIF
Constant	6.303
Female age at marriage	−0.114		1.014
Duration of breast-feeding	−0.025		1.033
Contraceptive use (1 = users of contraceptives;  0 = nonusers of contraceptives)	−1.451		1.036
Education of the parents (1 = wife is more educated than husband; 0 = husband is equally educated to or more educated than the wife)	−0.018		1.010
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