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Demography (2010) 47 (3): 667–687.
Published: 01 August 2010
... hierarchies, little is known about the processes through which this relationship operates. This article uses data from the newly collected India Human Development Survey 2005 for 27,365 ever-married women aged 25–49 to explore ways in which different dimensions of gender in Indian society shape the decisions...
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Demography (2015) 52 (1): 183–208.
Published: 21 January 2015
...Ridhi Kashyap; Albert Esteve; Joan García-Román Abstract We explore the impact of sociodemographic change on marriage patterns in India by examining the hypothetical consequences of applying three sets of marriage pairing propensities—contemporary patterns by age, contemporary patterns by age...
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Demography (2010) 47 (4): 989–1012.
Published: 01 November 2010
...Tanika Chakraborty; Sukkoo Kim Abstract This article explores the relationship between kinship institutions and sex ratios in India at the turn of the twentieth century. Because kinship rules vary by caste, language, religion, and region, we construct sex ratios by these categories at the district...
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in Potential (Mis)match? Marriage Markets Amidst Sociodemographic Change in India, 2005–2050
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Published: 21 January 2015
Fig. 1 Forces of Attraction by age and education (α ijkl ) for marriages, India, 1999–2004. Source: Authors’ calculations using National Family Health Survey 2005–2006, India Socio-Economic Survey 1999, 2004
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in Potential (Mis)match? Marriage Markets Amidst Sociodemographic Change in India, 2005–2050
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Published: 21 January 2015
Fig. 2 Multistate population pyramid by educational attainment, India 2005 (panel a) and 2050 (panel b). Source: UN World Population Prospects 2010; IIASA/VID Population Projections by Educational Attainment 2005–2050
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Demography (2010) 47 (1): 249–268.
Published: 01 February 2010
... of preferences, which justifies the existence of a nonmonotonic relationship between female disadvantage in natality and education. The empirical validity of the proposed model is examined for the case of India, using district-level data. In this context, our econometric analysis pays particular attention...
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Demography (2009) 46 (2): 325–339.
Published: 01 May 2009
...Emily Oster Abstract There is a population sex imbalance in India. Despite a consensus that this imbalance is due to excess female mortality, the specific source of this excess mortality remains poorly understood. I use microdata on child survival in India to analyze the proximate sources...
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Demography (2008) 45 (2): 245–270.
Published: 01 May 2008
... Publication . Bayly S. ( 1999 ). Caste, Society and Politics in India From the Eighteenth Century to the Modern Age. New Cambridge History of India, Part 4, Vol. 3. . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press . Beteille A. ( 1969 ). Castes: Old and New, Essays in Social Structure...
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Demography (2000) 37 (4): 477–488.
Published: 01 November 2000
...Paula Griffiths; Zoë Matthews; Andrew Hinde Abstract The highly masculine sex ratio in India has increased substantially in the twentieth century, in contrast to most other countries in the world. Competing arguments alternatively posit underenumeration, highly masculine sex ratios at birth...
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Demography (2001) 38 (1): 115–132.
Published: 01 February 2001
...Deon Filmer; Lant H. Pritchett Abstract Using data from India, we estimate the relationship between household wealth and children’s school enrollment. We proxy wealth by constructing a linear index from asset ownership indicators, using principal-components analysis to derive weights. In Indian...
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Demography (2003) 40 (3): 395–418.
Published: 01 August 2003
...Rohini P. Pande Abstract This article examines the role of the sex composition of surviving older siblings on gender differences in childhood nutrition and immunization, using data from the National Family Health Survey, India (1992–1993). Logit and ordered logit models were used for severe...
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Demography (2000) 37 (1): 95–108.
Published: 01 February 2000
...Shelley Clark Abstract Although the effect of son preference on sex composition of children ever born is undetectable in national-level estimates that aggregate across all families, this article provides empirical evidence from India that son preference has two pronounced and predictable family...
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Demography (1986) 23 (4): 509–523.
Published: 01 November 1986
...David E. Bloom; P. H. Reddy 12 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1986 1986 Rural Woman Rural District Urban District Urban Woman Childhood Marriage References Agarwala , S. N. ( 1962 ). Age at Marriage in India . Allahabad : Kitab Mahan...
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Demography (1982) 19 (3): 371–389.
Published: 01 August 1982
.... The model is tested with survey data from rural Uttar Pradesh, India. The results are consistent with the hypothetical framework discussed above. The burden of this pattern of choice is felt particularly strongly by female births. 9 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1982 1982...
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Demography (2003) 40 (4): 637–657.
Published: 01 November 2003
.... By analyzing the data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), we present evidence from northern India to show that the preference for sons is reduced when the ideal family size becomes small, even though it does not completely disappear. This finding appears to contradict trends in the juvenile sex...
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Demography (2004) 41 (3): 529–545.
Published: 01 August 2004
... that Muslims are much more likely than Hindus to intend to have additional children and, among those who do not want more children, Muslims are much less likely than Hindus to use contraceptives. These findings are robust to model specification and pervasive across the states of India. This national study...
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Demography (1973) 10 (4): 525–535.
Published: 01 November 1973
...C. R. Malaker Abstract In this paper abridged nuptiality tables for the single population of India have been constructed for the three consecutive decades 1901–1911, 1911–1921 and 1921–1931. No significant time trend has been observed in the nuptiality rates among the single population of India...
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Demography (1969) 6 (4): 403–411.
Published: 01 November 1969
...D. C. Mehta Abstract Since October, 1965, births and deaths in rural Gujarat State, India, have been recorded under two independent systems in a random sample of units. First, a part-time local “registrar” is appointed in each sample unit (village or segment thereof) who: prepares a house list...
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Demography (1969) 6 (4): 473–491.
Published: 01 November 1969
...Surinder K. Mehta Abstract An analysis of the residential distribution of caste and religious groups in Poona (India) over the past century and a half shows distinctive patterns of segregation and centralization that have largely remained unchanged despite the city’s growth and development...
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Demography (1967) 4 (1): 374–387.
Published: 01 March 1967
...H. Bradley Wells; B. L. Agrawal Summary India’s ad hoc sample registration scheme for obtaining current estimates of rural birth and death rates for the whole country is being implemented quite rapidly. Five states have 140 sample units, and eleven states will have from 20 to 100 units in the study...
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