workers in developing countries. Discusses census and survey practices and typical questions asked. Attributes under …-proxy status of sample respondents (males). Proposes four definitions of manpower. Based on a case study of India, shows research …

Age is one of the core topics in Census. In Census 2011, for the first time data on both date of birth and age has been … recorded. [Census 2011]. …

Using Census and NSS data this paper studies the evolution of Gender Bias (GB) in the age group 0–6 in India and its … falling. Even as the under 5 mortality rate has fallen from 240.1 per thousand in the 1961 census to 65.6 in 2011, the total … until 2026. The paper also demonstrates that there are wide variations in GB across various states, even districts, of India …

Census figures show that the child sex ratio has gone down. There are several reasons for this. The issue is serious …

relation to household poverty status in India as evidenced by our analysis of Census data (1951–2001) and those from NSS … over the last three censuses of India there is considerable variation by space, by poverty status and by education of women … bias in education and argue that for approximately half of India's children the Right to Education Act must involve …

decisions of households, and regional and ethnic factors on patterns of household level fertility in India. These have helped … determine the composition of India's young (aged 9 to 34) today. Demographic transition is well underway in India with rising … across various groups in India. …

The paper examines the present condition of tribals in India with a demographic perspective. Construction of a long …