Television and contraceptive use in Indonesia - A weak signal?
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2014-05-21
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In recent years, rural electrification and access to television have spread throughout
the developing world. The values and cultural norms embodied in television programming
have potentially profound implications for influencing behaviour, including
reproductive decisions. After replicating Westhoff and Koffman’s (2011) finding
of a positive correlation between television ownership and contraception using
pooled Indonesian data, we proceed to estimate a fixed-effects model. The coefficient
on television loses its significance while other policy relevant variables retain
theirs. We conclude that the growing corpus of cross-sectional evidence on a link
between television and contraception should be interpreted cautiously.
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contraceptive use, rural development, technology adoption, fertility, television