India's Family Planning Programme by Leela Visaria Rajani R. Ved

Author:Leela Visaria, Rajani R. Ved [Leela Visaria, Rajani R. Ved]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Sociology, General, Demography, Developing & Emerging Countries
ISBN: 9781317313243
Google: DjF-CwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-01-29T05:06:38+00:00

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Proximate determinants of fertility

Besides contraceptive use that we discussed in the previous chapter, Bongaarts had identified eight other proximate determinants that are biological or behavioural in nature that affect fertility directly.1 Socio-cultural, psychological, economic, health and environmental factors affect fertility indirectly through these proximate determinants. In this chapter, we discuss the role of three other proximate determinants of fertility in India, namely, marriage, postpartum amenorrhoea and abortion on which some data are available from various sources and whose impact can be measured. Empirical population-based data on factors such as natural or pathological sterility and frequency of intercourse are hard to collect and are generally unavailable. The other determinants of fertility that affect and operate through the proximate determinants such as education, demand for children, income, occupation and also service provision are discussed in the next chapter.

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