constitute the root causes of persistent rural poverty. Suggests that an agriculture-first strategy is necessary not only for … rural poverty alleviation, but also for successful industrialisation. …

opportunity, income, poverty, quality of life, rural migration, rural women and birth rate; notes economic aid provided by World …

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper examining interaction between poverty and population dynamics in the Bihar rural area …, India - summarizes current mortality, fertility, migration, family size and household characteristics; examines bivariate … associations between poverty (land ownership, consumer expenditure, housing, nutrition, health, etc.) and demographic variables …

fertility among the rural population of India - presents data derived from a sample survey of 11 villages in which different … castes and economic conditions were dominant, including some poverty-stricken villages, etc., and concludes that social group … level variables are of significance in determining fertility. References and statistical tables. …

Examines ways of measuring the impact of community and institutional variables on individual fertility. …

Provides a general framework for analysing potential links between trends in fertility and the need for security in old …