Category Archives: Fertility

District-Level Estimates of Fertility and Implied Sex Ratio at Birth in India

by Sanjay Kumar and KM Sathyanarayana Economic and Political Weekly, August 18, 2012 With an emphasis on decentralised planning in India, the district has become the primary unit of planning and monitoring development programmes. The Census of India is the … Continue reading

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The role of population on economic growth and development: evidence fromdeveloping countries

by Akinwande A Atanda; Salaudeen B Aminu and Olorunfemi Y Alimi MPRA Paper No.37966, March 2012 The precise relationship between population growth and per capita income has been inconclusive in the literature and the nexus has been found not clearly … Continue reading

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Pattern of Poverty Reduction and Fertility Transition in India

Sanjay K. Mohanty and F. Ram IIPS Working Paper No. 5 Using data from the National Family and Health Survey, 1992-93 and 2005-06, this paper examines the linkages of poverty reduction and fertility transition in Indian states. The official cutoff … Continue reading

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Age Patterns, Differentials and Correlates of Childlessness in India

By Usha Ram IIPS Working Paper No. 4, February, 2011 The paper explores various dimensions of the childlessness in India and its states using data from the Census of India and the National Family Health Survey-3 (2005-06). The paper specifi … Continue reading

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Levels, Differentials and Spatial Patterns of Childlessness in India

Usha Ram IIPS Working Paper No. 1 The paper examines the levels, patterns and differentials of childlessness, the factors affecting childlessness and its consequences on women. The Indian Census datasets of 1981 and 2001 are used to study the objectives. … Continue reading

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