An Exploratory Analysis of Fertility Differentials in India
The association between improving economic conditions and declining growth of population has led economists and demographers to hypothesise a direct relationship between indicators of economic development and fertility rates. Using recent National Family Health Survey data and the 1991 Census to explore factors contributing to fertility rates in India, we found that economic variables explain 70 per cent of the interstate variations in India's fertility rates. However, several non-economic variables explain an even greater proportion, for example, indicators of female autonomy explain 84 per cent of the variations. Our analysis demonstrates that to successfully explain Indian fertility rates, models must rely heavily on non-economic variables.
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2002
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Authors: | Brookins, M. L. ; Brookins, O. T. |
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Journal of Development Studies. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 0022-0388. - Vol. 39.2002, 2, p. 54-72
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Taylor & Francis Journals |
Subject: | census | demographic transition | development indicators | economic development | economics of fertility | household economics | fertility | India | regression |
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