Rural–Urban Fertility Convergence, Differential Stopping Behavior, and Contraceptive Method Mix in West Bengal, India
A Spatiotemporal Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6079808 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kakoli Das (0000-0003-4974-3801, Institute of Development Studies, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal, India), Saswata Ghosh (0000-0001-9337-683X, Institute of Development Studies, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 211-235 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0363199020959785 |
| OpenAlex | W3095408049 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The present study attempts to understand how the interplay between differential stopping behavior and contraceptive use dynamics may have resulted in the convergence of rural-urban fertility in West Bengal, India. Using data from the National Family Health Surveys and employing sequential logit regressions, we were able to confirm that differential stopping behavior, particularly among the rural women—by adopting contraception at first parity after having a boy, or choosing modern methods over natural methods at second parity after having two successive boys—may be one of the factors that led to the rural-urban convergence of fertility
Econometrics · Economic growth · Economics · Fertility · Geography · Logit · Population · Rural area · Socioeconomics · Sociology · West bengal · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Engineering · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Medicine
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |