2015
DOI: 10.3917/popu.1403.0433
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Fécondité et scolarisation à Ouagadougou : le rôle des réseaux familiaux

Abstract: La prégnance de réseaux de solidarités familiales est couramment invoquée dans la littérature pour expliquer pourquoi la relation observée en Afrique subsaharienne entre le nombre d’enfants et leur scolarisation ne correspond pas aux prédictions des modèles théoriques. En pouvant confier leurs enfants à la parentèle ou bénéficier d’un appui financier des membres de la famille élargie pour payer les frais de scolarité, les couples n’auraient pas à arbitrer entre la « quantité » et la « qualité » de leurs enfant… Show more

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“…A central finding of this study is that the network's economic resources are positively associated with women's demand for children: demand for additional children is higher for women with at least one public employee in their network than for those without, taking into account the types of networks and the characteristics of the woman and her household. In the African context, the quantity-quality trade-off must be interpreted in the context of economic transfers between network members [Bougma et al (2014)]. The continuing desire to have a relatively large number of children, even in a capital city where living standards are rising, seems to be fueled in part by the continued existence of large and active family networks of mutual economic support.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…A central finding of this study is that the network's economic resources are positively associated with women's demand for children: demand for additional children is higher for women with at least one public employee in their network than for those without, taking into account the types of networks and the characteristics of the woman and her household. In the African context, the quantity-quality trade-off must be interpreted in the context of economic transfers between network members [Bougma et al (2014)]. The continuing desire to have a relatively large number of children, even in a capital city where living standards are rising, seems to be fueled in part by the continued existence of large and active family networks of mutual economic support.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the African context, the quantity-quality trade-off must be interpreted in the context of economic transfers between network members [Bougma et al . (2014)]. The continuing desire to have a relatively large number of children, even in a capital city where living standards are rising, seems to be fueled in part by the continued existence of large and active family networks of mutual economic support.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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