Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. The implications for breastfeeding …

order to elicit views from stakeholders who are mainly mothers, pregnant women and lactating mothers and children and the …

of children dependent on prostitutes in Uttar Pradesh. Thus, it is imperative to conduct a field survey in the state of … Uttar Pradesh to examine the social problem of trafficking and prostitution in children and women and status of children …

tuition, parents’ education, household and village characteristics are retained. In addition, this year ASER tests mothers … on their numeracy skills. For the first time, ASER 2010 introduces questions on critical thinking for children in Std. 5 …

comprising fertility, mortality, and migration. [Working Paper No. 322] …

Understanding how mortality and fertility are linked is essential to the study of population dynamics. The fertility … population-representative multilevel longitudinal data, a behavioral fertility response to mortality exposure is identified, both … response to an unanticipated mortality shock is investigated that resulted from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed …

framework, with endogenous fertility and mortality. The data come from a nationally representative survey of Indian rural …

year 2026. In case of mortality, despite major health problems, the average life expectancy will continue to rise during …

upazilas were selected from adjacent programme areas to serve as control. The study included 2,800 mothers, 1,440 children with … of health workers in managing ARI cases in the community, and changing health-seeking behaviour of mothers for …