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CPS647 Neveen N.M. et al.

Relation between Economic Cost of Having Child
and the Socio-Economic Demographic
Determinants: Case Study
1,
Neveen Nagy Metreous , Mohamed Mostafa , Abeer Mohamed Abd
2
2
Elgawad
1 National Population Council
2 Institute of Statistical Studies and Research

Abstract
Statistical and economic studies in the field of population are rare, at the
national level in Egypt and also at the global level are not enough Therefore,
this study is concerned with calculating the cost of a child (before and after
birth),the aim of the study was to know the relationship between socio-
economic and demographic factors and the cost of having a child it was use
multiple regression and study was found that many factors were significant
affected on the cost of having a child like (Age at first marriage, Husband
educational status, Mother age at first child, Total expenditure, Total income,
Duration of married life) and it was positive relation our Recommendations:
For researchers interested in financial and economist have to do more study
about the Economic Cost of Having Child

Keywords
Economic Cost of Having Child; Significant affected; positive relation; multiple
regression.

1. Introduction
Like most developing countries, Egypt suffers from the population
problem which is one of the most important impediments to the overall
development to the overall development. Egypt became aware of the
existence of a population problem represented in its first dimension in rapid
increase in population growth rate as an inevitable result of highness of
fertility rate remarkable sharp decline in mortality rate since the forties of the
last century. Since the sixties of the last century Egypt has adopted many of
population policies and programs that work to lower fertility rate, despite the
decrease in the total fertility rate kept in pace with such increase.
The most of the world countries suffer from the population problem on
one way or another, Egypt suffers in particular and developing countries in
general from the existence of steady population increase this problem is that
such increase hinders the development efforts on one hand and the
imbalance between the resources of the country and the increase in the other
hand. Thus, two problem arise one of them is the provision of basic needs of

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