-marriage scenarios. Results show that given current fertility, acceptance of children of intermarried women would have a negligible … decades this group has shown a sharp numerical decline. The Parsis in India are endogamous and children of women married … intermarriage in Parsi population decline. Population projections were made under various assumptions of fertility and inter …

with the continuation of fertility concentrated in the younger age groups. Results from the cohort component population … about 52 million less in 2050 than if the current early fertility trajectory is continued. …

We evaluated the psychometric properties of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy among Indian women using … scores correlating well with each item’s response categories. Items performed similarly for pregnant and non-pregnant women …

-preferring fertility behaviors and investments in girls. …

.e. prior to age 18) among young women in Africa and India. We show that rainfall shocks, a major source of income variation in … Africa, droughts increase the hazard into early marriage, while in India, droughts decrease the hazard. We argue that the … payments in each region (bride price in Africa and dowry in India). Our results highlight the importance of understanding the …