The DHS Program

The Two-Child Norm in the Philippines (English) 

Document Type

Further Analysis

Publication Topic(s)

Family Planning, Fertility and Fertility Preferences

Country(s)

Philippines

Survey

Philippines DHS, 1998

Language

English

Recommended Citation

Marques, Maria Paz N., and Charles F. Westoff. 1999. The Two-Child Norm in the Philippines. DHS Further Analysis Reports No. 29. Calverton, Maryland, USA: Macro International

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Publication Date

December 1999

Publication ID

FA29

Abstract:

Preference for fewer children provides the motivation to practice contraception and is the key factor in the decline of fertility in the Philippines. This further analysis report seeks to describe the characteristics of women who want no more than two children and to develop a profile of women at the leading edge of the fertility transition in the Philippines.