TY  - BOOK
AU  - Phillips,James F.
AU  - Sathar,Zeba A.
TI  - Fertility transition in South Asia
SN  - 0199241856
AV  - HB1046.5.A3 F47 2001
U1  - 304.6320959 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Fertility, Human
KW  - South Asia
KW  - Demographic transition
KW  - Population policy
N1  - Online version:
Fertility transition in South Asia.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001
(OCoLC)654717972; Includes bibliographical references and index; TOC; 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; Sociology
N2  - 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

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