A close look at the demography of Afghanistan

Bibliographic Data

ID10968322
AuthorsJames Trussell (0000-0002-1417-7849, Office of Population Research, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, corresponding author), Eleanor Brown (0000-0001-6435-0542, Office of Population Research, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540), Ellie Brown (0000-0002-1645-5443, Princeton University)
Year1979
Volume16
Issue1
Pages137-156
Publication date1979-02-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDemography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0070-3370 • E-ISSN: 1533-7790
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/2061085
PMID428605
OpenAlexW1978237213
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited9

The first survey designed to allow estimates of the demographic characteristics of Afghanistan’s sedentary population was conducted during the period 1972–1974. Our analysis of these data, based on recently developed techniques for handling incomplete or inaccurate data, suggests that this population lives under conditions that are extreme when judged by modern standards. Marriage is early, especially for females, and universal. Marital fertility conforms to a pattern of natural fertility and total fertility is high. The birth rate is among the highest in the world today, and the expectation of life at birth is among the very lowest. Mortality is lower in urban areas than in rural areas, whereas total fertility is approximately the same in both. Our estimates of fertility and mortality imply stable populations which match closely the observed age distributions for both the rural and urban areas

Birth rate · Demographic analysis · Family planning · Fertility · Geography · Marital status · Natural fertility · Population · Research methodology · Rural area · Sociology · Total fertility rate · Demography · Health and Conflict Studies · Historical and modern epidemiology studies · Medicine · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

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