A study of socio economic status of married women and its relationship to their fertility

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to find out the relationship of fertility to (1) place of residence (2) means of livelihood and (3) socio-economic status as indicated by the variables of educational attainment, income, professional status and other SES indicators, whether separately or all together.

For statistical purposes of this study, seven null hypotheses were tested at 5% level of significance. The subjects of this study were 460 women whose ages ranged from 14 to 44 years randomly chosen from three selected towns and the city of Iloilo.

The instrument used to measure the socio-economic status of the family was section 13 and 14 of “The Family Life Interview Schedule” of the Central Philippine University Research Center, of which the investigator was a contributor in its preparation