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

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4843344
AutoresJ N Sinha (autor correspondente)
Ano1957
Volume11
Fascículo2
Páginas157-169
Data de publicação1957-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPopulation Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00324728.1957.10413241
OpenAlexW2090093351
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6

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