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Residence background and fertility in Greater Bombay

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ID4266958
AuthorsJ R Rele, Tara Kanitkar
Year1974
Volume28
Issue2
Pages299-308
Publication date1974-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopulation Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00324728.1974.10405181
PMID22070208
OpenAlexW2068460035
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited4

The residence background of wives who migrate to metropolitan areas plays an important role in determining their fertility. From the data collected during 1966, relating to 7,872 currently married women of Greater Bombay, an attempt was made to establish differentials in marital fertility by residence background of the wives. This was categorized into three groups - non-migrants, urban migrants and rural migrants. It was observed that rural migrant wives exhibited significantly higher fertility compared with the other two groups, and this was explained by their lower educational attainment. Between the non-migrant and the urban migrant wives the latter consistently showed lower fertility for all age groups up to 40, while there was a reversal in the age group 40 and above, where non-migrants exhibited lower fertility. The urban migrant wives showed a somewhat higher level of education, most likely on account of selectivity, compared to the non-migrants. However, presence of a sizeable number of Parsee wives, characterized by a distinct urban culture and considerably lower fertility, was largely responsible for the low fertility of the non-migrant wives in the age group 40 and above. The variable that has emerged as the most influential in creating fertility differentials is education of the wife, which is shown to be negatively associated with the level of fertility. Wife's education explains to a large extent the observed fertility differentials by residence background

Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Family planning · Fertility · Geography · Marital status · Metropolitan area · Political science · Population · Research methodology · Residence · Sociology · Total fertility rate · Wife · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Global Maternal and Child Health

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Unique citing works6
Citations per year0,13
Citation span1979 - 2024 (46)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 3

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