Fertility Performance of a Tea Working Population of Dibrugarh District, Assam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5179299 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rekha Das (0000-0002-0969-4470, Gauhati University), M Goswami (0009-0007-0865-4200) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 119-123 |
| Publication date | 2004-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Human Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0970-9274 • E-ISSN: 2456-6608 |
| Publisher | Kamla Raj Enterprises (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09709274.2004.11905724 |
| OpenAlex | W2284020193 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
The present paper deals with the fertility performance of 249 women working in the tea industry. The tea garden where these women are working is called Rajgarh Tea Estate, in the district of Dibrugarh, Assam. These women are mainly engaged as waged labourer for plucking tea leaves. The women considered for the present study are classified age specifically into eight different groups. The fertility performances of these women have been studied age specifically. Biological as well as sociocultural factors are considered to see its influence on fertility. Age at marriage, age at first childbirth, birth interval, pregnancy wastage and age at menopause are the biological factors; while education and occupations are the social factors that have been considered for the present study
Biology · Childbirth · Fertility · Geography · Population · Pregnancy · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Tea garden · Tribe · Agricultural Economics and Practices · Agricultural risk and resilience · Demography · Livestock Management and Performance Improvement
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
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| Citation span | 2010 - 2010 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |