Social Development and Demographic Changes in South India: Focus on KeralaThe central theme of this book deals with the contemporary perspectives on diversity in development cum moderization and their differential influence on contrasting fertility behaviour in the advanced regions of southern Kerala as against the less progressive northern area. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
SocioEconomic Development | 15 |
Demographic Situation | 53 |
Fertility Trend | 85 |
Cultural Determinants of Fertility | 97 |
Developmental Variables and Fertility | 115 |
Correlates of Fertility | 139 |
Family Planning and Fertility | 151 |
Path Analysis | 163 |
Summary and Policy Implications | 175 |
| 189 | |
Index | 195 |
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1000 population According age at marriage age group backward castes census cent changes Christians Cochin cohorts compared contraception cultural decades decline in fertility Delhi demographic transition developed district developed regions developing countries differential fertility Ezhavas facilities factors family planning family planning programme female fertility behaviour fertility decline fertility differentials fertility rates forward castes Government high fertility higher highest Hindus important income group increased India infant mortality infant mortality rate influence on fertility joint families labourers lakh less developed level of fertility low fertility lower lowest Malabar region males married mean age MEAN LIVE BIRTHS Muslims nuclear families number of children occupational opportunity cost Palghat district pattern period population growth Population Studies primary health centres proportion relationship religion religious reproductive sample Scheduled Castes shows significant significantly socio-economic development Table TALUK Travancore Travancore-Cochin Trivandrum and Palghat Trivandrum district Trivandrum Palghat Kerala value of children variables whole women World Population Conference
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