Quiz 27

Question 1

Benefits of Education

Answer 1

1. Increase in schooling
2. Infant mortality decline
3. Reduction in fertility rates
4. Wages increase

Question 2

Reasons for low education levels in developing countries

Answer 2

1. High teacher absence
2. High student absence
3. Low achievements

Question 3

Which of the following are conventional ideas about the relationship between fertility and poverty? These are ideas that may have influenced government population policies (Check all that apply)

Answer 3

1. Poor people lack control over their own fertility

2. Larger families harm children’s welfare

Question 4

True or False: To determine if large families cause children to be worse off, we can simply look at the correlation between family size and the “quality” of children.

Answer 4

False