Abrigo, Michael Ralph M.; Estopace, Katha Ma-i M. - 2023
We trace the drivers of the Philippines' fertility decline over the last fifty years culminating in 2022 with a below …-replacement 1.9 total fertility rate. Applying a modified Kitagawa-OaxacaBlinder decomposition on the combined experiences of about … 65,000 married women in six rounds of the Philippine National Demographic (and Health) Survey, we show that the most …