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How birth control, girls’ education can slow population growth – Science Daily

Education and family planning have long been tied to lower fertility trends. But new research analyzes those factors to determine, what accelerates a decline in otherwise high-fertility countries.

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Widespread use of contraceptives and, to a lesser extent, girls’ education through at least age 14 have the greatest impact in bringing down a country’s fertility rate.Education and family planning have long been tied to lower fertility trends. But new research from the University of Washington analyzes those factors to determine, what accelerates a decline in otherwise high-fertility countries.
In a paper published July 23 in Population and Development Review, Daphne Liu, a doctoral student in…

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