Since India’s independence, population stabilization has been one of the prime concerns in its development agenda.
Religion has a significant relevance in the demographic study of socio-economic groups.
IT was once thought that fertility below a level could not be achieved without changes in the material conditions of the people.
Religion has a significant relevance in the demographic study of socio-economic groups.
In this report, we propose new measures of wanted and unwanted fertility based on actual and wanted parity progression ratios, and we apply these procedures to NFHS data for eight states in India.
From time to time, Indian demographers have advocated that the age at marriage of girls be raised so as to reduce the reproductive span of women, and thereby, bring down the birth rate.
Literature is replete with images of the reproductive profligacy of the poor in India. In much popular nderstanding, this is frequently adduced as the cause of the poverty of the poor and indeed of the country.
INDIA IS A VAST country with a population of more than 844 million. The tribal populations of India constitute a significant proportion of India's total population. There are more than 400 tribal population groups constituting
The success of a good planning strategy for the overall development of any society (population) depends upon two main factors.