Fertility transition in South Asia /
Fertility transition in South Asia /
edited by Zeba Ayesa Sathar and James F. Phillips.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- xiv, 434 p. ; 24 cm.
- International studies in demography. .
Online version:
Fertility transition in South Asia.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001
(OCoLC)654717972
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. FERTILITY LEVELS AND TRENDS ; 1. Levels and Trends in Fertility and Mortality in South Asia: A Review of Recent Evidence ; 2. Birth Rates and Trends in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Pakistan: A Long Comparative View ; 3. Comparison of Fertility Estimates from India's Sample Registration System and the 1992-93 National Family Health Survey ; 4. Fertility Decline in Nepal ; 5. Fertility Decline in Sri Lanka: Could Fertility Now Be at about Replacement Level ; 6. Family Planning in Pakistan: A Turning Point ; 7. Trends in Fertility and Contraceptive Use in Bangladesh ; II. EXPLANATIONS ; 8. A Cross-Border Comparison of Reproductive Behaviour Among the Punjabi and Bengali Communities of South Asia ; 9. Sythesizing Diverse Interpretations of Reproductive Change in India ; 10. Women's Autonomy and Reproductive Behaviour in India ; 11. The Relative Roles of Gender and Development in Explaining Fertility in Rural Punjab ; 12. The Effect of Micro-Credit Programmes on the Reproductive Behaviour of Women in Rural Bangladesh ; 13. Son Preference in South Asia ; 14. Son Preference and the Dynamics of Fertility Decision Making among Women and Husbands in Rural Nepal ; III. THE ROLE OF POLICY ; 15. Intellectual Origins of Post-World War II Population Policies in South Asia ; 16. Common Beginnings but Different Outcomes: The Family Planning Programmes of Pakistan and Bangladesh ; 17. Determinants of the Fertility Transition in Bangladesh ; 18. Population Policy Implications of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) ; 19. Prospects for Fertility Decline and Implications for Population Growth in South Asia TOC
Summary:
This compendium of 19 chapters, written by South Asia scholars and international authorities in the field of population, provides an overview of a range of issues surrounding fertility change in Read more...
0199241856 9780199241859
2001277588
Fertility, Human--South Asia.
Demographic transition--South Asia.
South Asia--Population policy.
HB1046.5.A3 / F47 2001
304.6320959 / FER 2001
Online version:
Fertility transition in South Asia.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001
(OCoLC)654717972
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. FERTILITY LEVELS AND TRENDS ; 1. Levels and Trends in Fertility and Mortality in South Asia: A Review of Recent Evidence ; 2. Birth Rates and Trends in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Pakistan: A Long Comparative View ; 3. Comparison of Fertility Estimates from India's Sample Registration System and the 1992-93 National Family Health Survey ; 4. Fertility Decline in Nepal ; 5. Fertility Decline in Sri Lanka: Could Fertility Now Be at about Replacement Level ; 6. Family Planning in Pakistan: A Turning Point ; 7. Trends in Fertility and Contraceptive Use in Bangladesh ; II. EXPLANATIONS ; 8. A Cross-Border Comparison of Reproductive Behaviour Among the Punjabi and Bengali Communities of South Asia ; 9. Sythesizing Diverse Interpretations of Reproductive Change in India ; 10. Women's Autonomy and Reproductive Behaviour in India ; 11. The Relative Roles of Gender and Development in Explaining Fertility in Rural Punjab ; 12. The Effect of Micro-Credit Programmes on the Reproductive Behaviour of Women in Rural Bangladesh ; 13. Son Preference in South Asia ; 14. Son Preference and the Dynamics of Fertility Decision Making among Women and Husbands in Rural Nepal ; III. THE ROLE OF POLICY ; 15. Intellectual Origins of Post-World War II Population Policies in South Asia ; 16. Common Beginnings but Different Outcomes: The Family Planning Programmes of Pakistan and Bangladesh ; 17. Determinants of the Fertility Transition in Bangladesh ; 18. Population Policy Implications of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) ; 19. Prospects for Fertility Decline and Implications for Population Growth in South Asia TOC
Summary:
This compendium of 19 chapters, written by South Asia scholars and international authorities in the field of population, provides an overview of a range of issues surrounding fertility change in Read more...
0199241856 9780199241859
2001277588
Fertility, Human--South Asia.
Demographic transition--South Asia.
South Asia--Population policy.
HB1046.5.A3 / F47 2001
304.6320959 / FER 2001