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TABLE 1.

Abbreviated names and descriptions of BIC‐selected measures of education and family planning and all control variables

Name	Description
Expected TFR Decr	Expected TFR decrement from Alkema et al. (2011)
LowSec+ Change	Change over time in proportion of women who have attained lower secondary education or higher
CP (Modern) Change	Change over time in contraceptive prevalence of modern methods
SSA	Indicator for whether a country is in sub‐Saharan Africa
GDP Growth	Annual percentage growth rate of GDP per capita at market prices based on constant local currency
GDP Growth Change	Change over time of GDP Growth
Urban Change	Change over time of the percent of population residing in urban areas
Child Mortality Decr	Change over time of under‐five mortality (₅ q ₀)