Some aspects of family and fertility in India

Bibliographic Data

ID5108265
AuthorsJ R Rele (corresponding author)
Year1962
Volume15
Issue3
Pages267-278
Publication date1962-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopulation Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00324728.1962.10406076
OpenAlexW2036564277
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited1

Fertility is studied in relation to the age at return marriage using the data from a study in a rural area in India. As would be expected the total fertility rate of married women declines with lateness in the age at return marriage. However, further analysis has shown that those who marry later tend to compensate for the loss of their early reproductive period in two ways, so that their ultimate fertility is not much reduced by late marriage. Among those who married later, the time interval between return marriage and the first birth is relatively short, and for later ages the age-specific fertility rates are relatively high, as compared with those who married earlier. The interval from return marriage to first birth was unusually long among Indian women. To a certain extent the explanation may lie in the long visits the young wife makes to her parental home. In any case, the high fertility in India, with early marriage, desire for sons, and non-use of contraceptives, leads to a low incidence of childlessness

Birth rate · Childlessness · Family planning · Fertility · Political science · Population · Research methodology · Sociology · Total fertility rate · Wife · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Global Maternal and Child Health

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