Schooling enables fertility control through self-efficacy belief, not just knowledge.

Evidence

Educated women generally adopt a small-family norm. They marry later and have fewer children with the use of contraception. Many join the labor force. These are major lifestyle changes. Through the acquisition of knowledge, competencies, and belief in their efficacy, schooling enables women to exercise greater control over their lives (Bandura, 1997). — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2889

Categorization

• DEFINE: Illustrates the definitional core of Bandura’s self-efficacy construct: agency operates through efficacy belief, not information alone.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2889