Nepal in the year 2000 was a particularly appropriate context for an investigation of the processes by which maternal schooling affects reproductive health and related variables. In Nepal, the expansion of women's schooling and the demographic transition are in progress but far from complete. National surveys of women show robust associations of educational attainment
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