B D Misra

Dados Biográficos

ID3879928
NOMEB D Misra
PRENOMESB D
SOBRENOMEMisra
ASSINATURAMISRA B D
AFILIAÇÕESIndian Institute of Technology Bombay
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES19
TOTAL COMO AUTOR6
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO1975
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO1985
ÍNDICE H2

  • Husband-wife Inconsistencies in Contraceptive Use Responses

    M A Koenig, Michael Koenig et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning1985

    The reliability of responses in fertility surveys to questions on topics such as contraceptive use has long been a subject of concern. This paper explores one type of response reliability — the consistency between spouses in their responses to questions on use of contraception — using survey and case study data from a sample of rural Indian husbands and wives. The findings suggest that response inconsistencies between husband and wife appear to r…

  • Husband—wife inconsistencies in contraceptive use responses

    M A Koenig, Michael Koenig et al.ARTICLEPopulation Studies1984Citada por: 1Referências: 6

    The reliability of responses in fertility surveys to questions on topics such as contraceptive use has long been a subject of concern. This paper explores one type of response reliability — the consistency between spouses in their responses to questions on use of contraception — using survey and case study data from a sample of rural Indian husbands and wives. The findings suggest that response inconsistencies between husband and wife appear to r…

  • Husband-Wife Inconsistencies in Contraceptive Use Responses

    M A Koenig, G B Simmons et al.ARTICLEPopulation Studies1984Citada por: 6

  • Neo-natal mortality in South Asia

    Celeste M Smucker, George B Simmons et al.ARTICLEPopulation Studies1980Citada por: 10Referências: 4

    First-year mortality in rural Uttar Pradesh is characterized by a predominance (60 per cent) of deaths during the first month of life, of which 66 per cent are reported to be due to tetanus. This pattern is not typical of the historical experience of many developed countries and the current experience of some less developed countries where post-neo-natal mortality predominates. To examine this phenomenon, two causal models of neo-natal mortality …

  • The Dilemma of Family Planning in a North Indian State

    B D Misra, Ruth Simmons et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning1976

    An empirical study of the family planning program and its clients in the rural areas of Allahabad Division of Uttar Pradesh in India was undertaken in 1971-1972. While family planning acceptance in this region is low, interviews with villagers and family planning staff suggest that organizational shortcomings of the program may help to explain the low level of acceptance. The reported level of contact between the program field staff and the villa…

  • Organizing for Government Intervention in Family Planning

    Open AccessRuth Simmons, George B Simmons et al.ARTICLEWorld Politics1975Citada por: 2Referências: 8

    Family planning programs have encountered limited success not only because of our incomplete understanding of the sociocultural context of fertility decisions, but because the bureaucratic structures entrusted with the organizing task are overextended. Since the implementing agencies are themselves a complex part of the wider society in which they operate, there are important advantages to using an open systems perspective in the analysis of the …