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Fertility transition in south India [electronic resource] / edited by Christophe Z. Guilmoto, S. Irudaya Rajan.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fertility, Human--India.
- Fertility, Human.
- Demographic transition--India.
- Demographic transition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (453 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Pub., 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume brings together 13 well-researched and original essays which describe and analyse the trajectory of fertility decline in the south Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. Documenting the fact that the fertility decline occurred in regions with vast differences in development indicators, the contributors argue that this transition must be understood as a cumulative result of several factors including family planning policies, socio-economic transformation, and changes in social perceptions towards fertility, contraception, marriage, family and child rearin
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Colour Plates; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction: Emerging Demographic Change in South India; Part I: Trends, Differentials, and Spatial Variations; 1 - South Indian Fertility in Past Times: The Colonial Period; 2 - Mapping Out Fertility in South India: Methodology and Results; 3 - Fertility Trends and Differentials in Andhra Pradesh; 4 - Fertility Transition in Karnataka: Levels, Trends and Implications; 5 - Fertility Change in Kerala; 6 - Fertility in Tamil Nadu: Level and Recent Trends
- Part II: Field Studies and Qualitative Approach7 - Causes of Fertility Transition in Tamil Nadu; 8 - Low Fertility and Female Discrimination in South India: The Puzzle of Salem District, Tamil Nadu; 9 - Family and Fertility Decisions: An Anthropological Enquiry; Part III: Quantitative Analysis and Fertility Modelling; 10 - Significance of Medical and Paramedical Personnel in Demographic Transition: An Empirical Analysis; 11 - An Analysis of the Determinants of Fertility Behaviour in South India at the Village Level
- 12 - Decline in Fertility in Andhra Pradesh: A Re-examination of Conflicting Arguments13 - Fertility Decline in India: Maps, Models and Hypotheses; About the Editors and Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-42476-9
- 9786612424762
- 81-321-0336-X
- OCLC:
- 609852855
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