Indian fertility has declined by at least 25 percent in the last 20 years. India's current fertility level is lower than that in any other country at the same or lower level of socio-economic development. Since 1975, however, the birth rate has shown a tendency to stall, due to an emerging unfavourable age-structure and stagnation in the family planning acceptance rate. This paper begins with a general framework for explaining fertility trends in...
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1984/03/31
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工作文件(编号系列)
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RES11
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2002/03/30
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Determinants of fertility decline in India
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fertility decline