Impact of Education on Fertility: Evidence from a Tribal Society in Assam, India

Table 3

Significance of education of wives, education of husbands, and other variables in explaining fertility (regression model 1).

Regressor			VIF
Constant	6.464
Female age at marriage	−0.111		1.017
Duration of breast-feeding	−0.025		1.029
Contraceptive use (1 = users of contraceptives; 0 = nonusers of contraceptives)	−1.289	−	1.243
Education of the wives	−0.025		1.476
Education of the husbands	−0.019		1.508
= 0.32; ; ;

; < 0.05.