-specific, this difference will be shown to be driven by birth planning; children born in auspicious years are more likely to have …

Adolescent fertility in low- and middle-income countries presents a severe impediment to development and can lead to …

of non-demographic data, models of fertility determinants and district-wise mapping to test out the presence of regional … clustering. Regional analysis reveals that economic, social and health indicators display spatial patterns as strong as fertility … rates. All recent models of fertility incorporate a significant geographical component (using dummy regional variables or …

they start to supplement with formula and baby food. Women who have many children and breastfeed each baby for a long time … (that is, duration of breastfeeding) and number of children that are breastfed. …

order to elicit views from stakeholders who are mainly mothers, pregnant women and lactating mothers and children and the … immunization services and health and nutrition education was minutely assessed. URL:[http://wcd.nic.in/]. …

dropout and three out of school children from the village were also selected randomly. From a block, a minimum of two and a …