Differential fertility and family limitation in an urban community of Uttar Pradesh

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4843344
AutoresJ N Sinha (autor de correspondencia)
Año1957
Volumen11
Número2
Páginas157-169
Fecha de publicación1957-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPopulation Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00324728.1957.10413241
OpenAlexW2090093351
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6

The study relates to an investigation of the fertility pattern of a sample of 1018 wives drawn from Lucknow and Kanpur, the two biggest cities of Uttar Pradesh. The sample is stratified with respect to religion and caste, and income. It reveals significant inter-community differences, Muslims and low-caste Hindus showing nearly equal fertility, and high-caste Hindus and Christians showing comparatively lower levels. The proportion of small families (three children or less) is obviously higher in groups with lower fertility, but there is a wide measure of dispersion in each group. Fertility is seen to decline with a rise in income, but not until we cross the income level of Rs 300 per month. Consistent with the differential trends in fertility, striking variations are also observed in the extent of contraceptive practice in different groups. Groups with lower fertility also show a higher frequency of birth control. Birth controllers have lower fertility than the non-controllers, and birth control appears to play a not inconsequential rôle in causing differential trends in fertility

Birth control · Caste · Family planning · Fertility · Geography · Political science · Population · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Total fertility rate · Uttar pradesh · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Social and Economic Development in India