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Pages 69-72

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... In addition, the social and economic climates of the two countries differ in Rome respects: Colombia is somewhat more urbanized, but educational attainment for both men and women is higher in Costa Rica, while female labor force participation appears to b e about the same in both counts in . The analys is described in this paper has three stages: f irst, social and economic character istics of the woman and her husband are used to predict the propensity to breastfeed and the propensity to contracept; second, dynamic models of the duration of breastfeeding and the duration of contraceptive use, incorporating information about other experience~ in the birth interval, are estimated; finally, conception rates are modeled using information about the timing of breastfeeding, contraception, and child mortality.
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From page 70...
... Similarly, in Colombia, women using coitus-dependent methods show relatively high rates of discontinuation in the first year and a half of use, whereas in Costa Rica, discontinuation rates for these methods are higher for short and for very long durations of use. In Costs Rica, discontinuation rates for women who desire an additional child do not diverge significantly from those of women who do not until after 18 months of use; in Colombia, discontinuation rates are shifted upward for women desiring an additional child for all durations of use greater than 3 months.
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From page 71...
... However, although child mortality should inf luence fertility by altering breastfeeding and contraceptive behavior, we find that it continues to have a considerable impact on conception rates, particularly at short interval lengths. This suggests that infant mortality and short birth intervals are mutually reinforcing in ways not captured by the variables included in the model.
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