UW News
Daphne Liu
September 8, 2020
How birth control, girls’ education can slow population growth
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Education and family planning have long been tied to lower fertility trends. But new research from the University of Washington analyzes those factors to determine, what accelerates a decline in otherwise high-fertility countries.