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  • Title: An analysis of the effects of fertility on women's spatial mobility in the Philippines.
    Author: Perez AE.
    Journal: Asia Pac Popul J; 1991 Dec; 6(4):35-66. PubMed ID: 12285056.
    Abstract:
    The question of how fertility might affect the probability of migration for women in the Philippines is explored. Theoretical perspectives and the conceptual framework are outlined. Household maximization theory is used to explain reproductive decisions when confronted with a set of constraints. Education, urban/rural residence, and age of prior move were considered stationary covariates. Parity and timing of births were time varying covariates. Variables are described and discussed. The determinants of migration are central to the investigation, and the impact of fertility on migration is specifically of interest. A negative relationship between fertility and migration is expected due to costs of long distance movements, the extended kin network which is relied on for relieving financial pressures, and the subservience of the Filipino wife. Data were obtained from a national representative sample of 10,843 ever-married women 15-49 years in 1983. 5364 women provided as requested detailed residence history information. Migration events were recorded by month, and each period of residence in a particular place defines a migration interval. Modeling was based on the odds of a 1st and a 2nd migration occurring. Logit regressions in 6 24-month discrete time segments were used to determine the probabilities. The number of parameters was set at a minimum. The results of the multivariate analyses indicate that the relationship between migration and fertility, the size of effects, and the direction of the effects can vary by age segment. Premigration fertility inhibits migration, and thus prevents access to the benefits afforded by spatial mobility. Policy recommendations are that the female age at marriage should be increased through legal reforms, and the interval between marriage and 1st birth should be lengthened so that spatial mobility might be more accessible.
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