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Female Education and Fertility:<br />

A Case Study of UMT’s Female Employees.<br />

Cindy Wong<br />

Supervisor: Prof. Madya Dr. Suriyani Binti Muhamad<br />

Bachelor of Economics (Natural Resources)<br />

School of Social and Economic Development<br />

Malaysia is facing a problem of shortage and ageing population which is caused by<br />

the decreasing fertility rate. There are some factors that lead to this problem. The<br />

main purpose of this study is to examine whether education and lifestyle have an<br />

influence on fertility rate of female employees in Malaysia. Besides, this study also<br />

aims to investigate the effect of demographic factors as a moderator on the<br />

relationship between education, fertility and female fertility rate. This research is<br />

based on quantitative method and involved survey questionnaire on 100 female<br />

employees in University Malaysia Terengganu (UMT). The data were analysed using<br />

Structural Equation Modelling using IBM-SPSS-Amos 21.0. The result revealed that all<br />

factors in this study are significantly related to the female fertility rate. As for the<br />

moderating effect of demographic factors, this study discovered that demographic<br />

factors significantly moderated the effects of education, lifestyle on female fertility<br />

rate.<br />

1370 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018

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