1/10 Very happy to share my first PhD paper in @naturesustainab on the relationship between modern energy access and fertility transition in 44 countries over 26 years. π‘π¨βπ©βπ§βπ¦πͺ΅
Team work with @RmnHoffmann, @pppichler and Helga Weisz (@PIK_Climate @IIASAVienna @WICVienna @OeAW)
Team work with @RmnHoffmann, @pppichler and Helga Weisz (@PIK_Climate @IIASAVienna @WICVienna @OeAW)
2/10 Today ~ 2.6 billion people lack access to modern energy, and a large share of women worldwide do not have complete control over their reproductive choices. What empowers women to make reproductive choices?
3/10 Access to modern energy improves womenβs well-being as it saves time on household chores, improves health and enables access to education and information.
These foster womenβs ability to make reproductive choices, which tends to reduce birth rates.
These foster womenβs ability to make reproductive choices, which tends to reduce birth rates.
4/10 We found access to electricity and modern cooking fuels to have a strong impact on fertility rates, in particular in regions with high fertility. We used data from 155 DHS surveys from 44 countries and 403 sub-national regions. @DHSprogram
5/10 Womenβs education also plays a key role in fertility transitions. We found that modern energy access and education have complementary effects. π©βπβ‘οΈ
6/10 Achieving universal access to electricity, combined with rapid progress in education levels, could lead to a 19% decline in birth rates in 24 sub-Saharan African countries, compared to a baseline scenario.
7/10 This is great news! Why?
Expanding access to modern energy is likely to accelerate the demographic transition, which means that reducing poverty and achieving gender equality will require overall less energy consumption and emissions. #SDGoals
Expanding access to modern energy is likely to accelerate the demographic transition, which means that reducing poverty and achieving gender equality will require overall less energy consumption and emissions. #SDGoals
8/10 Policies to expand modern energy access could simultaneously reduce poverty π, improve health β€οΈβπ©Ή, enhance gender equality βand mitigate climate change π. Such programs would target women's well-being, and fertility decline would be just a consequence. #SDGoals
9/10 Link to the paper: nature.com/articles/s4189β¦
10/10 The study is fully reproducible in #rmarkdown and #rstats. The code and data can be found on this git repository: gitlab.pik-potsdam.de/belmin/fertiliβ¦
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