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Women's Reproductive Rights, Modernization, and Family Planning Programs in Developing Countries: : A Causal Model

Women's Reproductive Rights, Modernization, and Family Planning Programs in Developing Countries:... Women's Reproductive Rights, Modernization, and Family Planning Programs in Developing Countries: : A Causal Model VIJAYAN K. PILLAI* and GUANG-ZHEN WANG** ABSTRACT Ongoing debates on women's reproductive rights in world conferences and conventions have heightened the need for empirical research and theoretical explanations of women's reproductive rights. The study examines the effects of family planning programs and the processes of moderniza- tion on women's reproductive rights. The study involves 101 developing countries. Using linear structural equation analysis, the study finds that family planning programs reduce population growth. However, population decline does not influence women's reproductive rights. The most important determinant of reproductive rights is gender equality. Socioeconomic development has a positive effect on women's educational attainment, but is negatively related to gender equality. The direct effect of women's education on reproductive rights is negative. Theoretical and policy implications of the findings are presented. Women's reproductive rights is a current issue of major concern internation- ally. International discussions on women's rights closely examine the association between strategies of family planning programs in developing countries and re- productive rights. The rhetoric of reproductive rights is, however, contingent on - the political and legal domains. Empirical studies on the effects of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Comparative Sociology (in 2002 continued as Comparative Sociology) Brill

Women's Reproductive Rights, Modernization, and Family Planning Programs in Developing Countries: : A Causal Model

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Brill
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© 1999 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0020-7152
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1745-2554
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10.1163/156854299X00353
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Women's Reproductive Rights, Modernization, and Family Planning Programs in Developing Countries: : A Causal Model VIJAYAN K. PILLAI* and GUANG-ZHEN WANG** ABSTRACT Ongoing debates on women's reproductive rights in world conferences and conventions have heightened the need for empirical research and theoretical explanations of women's reproductive rights. The study examines the effects of family planning programs and the processes of moderniza- tion on women's reproductive rights. The study involves 101 developing countries. Using linear structural equation analysis, the study finds that family planning programs reduce population growth. However, population decline does not influence women's reproductive rights. The most important determinant of reproductive rights is gender equality. Socioeconomic development has a positive effect on women's educational attainment, but is negatively related to gender equality. The direct effect of women's education on reproductive rights is negative. Theoretical and policy implications of the findings are presented. Women's reproductive rights is a current issue of major concern internation- ally. International discussions on women's rights closely examine the association between strategies of family planning programs in developing countries and re- productive rights. The rhetoric of reproductive rights is, however, contingent on - the political and legal domains. Empirical studies on the effects of

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International Journal of Comparative Sociology (in 2002 continued as Comparative Sociology) – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1999

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