Subject(s): Birth control -- Economic policy -- Population policy -- Poverty Eradication -- Population control policy- problem of assumptions, population control policy and working poor behavior- an analysis of incompatibility, working poor behavior, irrational fertility behavior hypothesis - an empirical examination 1998-2000 data, OLS estimates of poverty, OLS and OLS-IV estimates of contraception use -- Irrational fertility behavior hypothesis- further examination of 2001-2005 data, child participation nature of work and fertility demand - a theoretical analysis, observed landholding- fertility relationship , non monotonic functional relationship, poverty and fertility- evidence and policy implications of 1998-2000 data -- Poverty and fertility further evidence from 2001-2005 data, poverty eradication policies, providing resources to poor, generating gainful employment opportunities, reducing inequality, teaching physical hygiene and nutrition, policy recommendations