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2.4 Data and Variables Employed
Pages 61-64

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... In addition, older cohorts experienced first-hand the effects of the family planning programs introduced in many countries during the 1965-74 decade. Respondents aged 40-44 in 1974 were aged 30-34 in 1964 ; according to the logic underlying the decomposition of the fertility process, these women were entering the potentially discretionary stage of their reproductive life as major policy shifts were taking place at the macro level.
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... To assess the validity of the macro hypotheses about micro coefficient variability, we use the first derivatives of the effects of the explanatory variables, derived from the micro regression results. These derivatives are either actual regression coefficients, or transformations evaluated at particular values of the relevant explanatory variables when we have hypotheses about interactions.
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... Dummy variable taking the value of 1 if respondent was employed In the modern sector after her first marriage; O otherwise Dummy variable taking the value of 1 if respondent was employed in the modern sector after her first marriage; 0 otherwise Dummy variables indicating level of husband education (omitted category is the lowest level) Dummy variables indicating husband occupation: employee (omitted category)
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... The interaction terms in the LF structural equation require special treatment. There is no single effect of respondent's education (WED)
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