What Are the Proximate Determinants of Fertility? How Many Are

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What are the proximate determinants of fertility? How many are there, and how do they work? Tell me which of the determinants are considered to be the major and most important ones.

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Definitions:

Rational Expectations

The hypothesis that people form forecasts about the future based on all available information in an unbiased manner and learn from past mistakes.

Private Sector

The part of the economy that is owned and operated by individuals and private companies, not controlled by the government.

P

In economic terms, often stands for Price, which reflects the monetary cost of acquiring a good or service in the market.

Q

Often used to denote "quantity" in economic equations and models.