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Demography (1992) 29 (4): 503–521.
Published: 01 November 1992
... Transition Fertility Behavior References Acharya Meena , & Bennett Lynn ( 1981 ). Rural Women of Nepal: An Aggregate Analysis and Summary of 8 Village Studies . Kathmandu : Tribhuvan University . Axinn William ( 1991 ). “The Influence of Interviewer Sex on Responses...
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Published: 04 May 2011
Fig. 1 Distribution of human development index across districts. Source: Nepal South Asia Centre ( 1999 ). Nepal Human Development Report 1998 (Submitted to the United Nations Development Programme, Nepal), Kathmandu, Nepal
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Published: 01 February 2021
Fig. 7 Predicted survival probabilities and decomposition in Nepal. Testing samples are used for prediction. The counterfactual survival function is based on the health production function in the 2010s and covariates in the 1990s. ANC = antenatal care; TT = tetanus toxoid; pub.inst. = public
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Published: 06 July 2016
Fig. 1 Abortion and contraception trends in Nepal. Sources: Panel 1: abortion: Sedgh et al. ( 2011 ); contraception: 1970–1987 from Mauldin and Segal ( 1988 ), 1990–1995 from United Nations ( 2004 ), and 1996–2011 from MOHP et al. ( 2012 ). Panel 2: authors’ calculations are based
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Demography (1989) 26 (3): 439–450.
Published: 01 August 1989
...Robert D. Retherford; Minja Kim Choe; Shyam Thapa; Bhakta B. Gubhaju Abstract This article shows that in Nepal breastfeeding almost completely explains the effects of following birth interval on childhood mortality during the first 18 months of age and partially explains the effect of following...
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Demography (2019) 56 (1): 75–102.
Published: 04 January 2019
...Arland Thornton; Nathalie E. Williams; Prem Bhandari; Linda Young-DeMarco; Cathy Sun; Jeffrey Swindle; Christina Hughes; Yu Xie Abstract In this article, we investigate the influences of material aspirations on migration in Nepal, positing that material aspirations may have important influences...
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Published: 10 December 2019
Fig. 2 Number of weekly flights from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu (Nepal’s capital) to the Gulf and to all destinations, 1995–2013. Source: Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal ( http://caanepal.gov.np/ ).
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Demography (1984) 21 (3): 297–307.
Published: 01 August 1984
... from small, constant changes in duration-specific divorce and widowhood rates, respectively. An examination of values for the United States, Nepal and Colombia illustrates the utility of H (i) in assessing the impact of changes in widowhood and divorce and clarifies the relationship between H...
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Demography (2007) 44 (4): 747–770.
Published: 01 November 2007
... investigation focuses on a setting in rural Nepal that experienced a transition from virtually no use of birth control in 1945 to the widespread use of birth control by 1995 to limit fertility. Changes in the availability of many different dimensions of health services provide the means to evaluate...
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Demography (2001) 38 (1): 115–132.
Published: 01 February 2001
..., we use data sets from Indonesia, Pakistan, and Nepal that contain information on both expenditures and assets. The results show large, variable wealth gaps in children’s enrollment across Indian states. On average a “rich” child is 31 percentage points more likely to be enrolled than a “poor” child...
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Demography (1987) 24 (2): 271–278.
Published: 01 May 1987
... in India and by World Fertility Survey data from Bangladesh and Nepal. 27 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1987 1987 Eligible Woman Vital Event Fertility Estimation Fertility Survey Fertility Measure References Hanenburg, R. 1980. Current Fertility. World Fertility...
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Demography (2012) 49 (4): 1521–1546.
Published: 22 August 2012
... they affect behavior, and consideration of differential risks within the population. We focus on two mechanisms: instability and threat of harm. We test this approach empirically in the context of the recent decade-long armed conflict in Nepal, using detailed measurements of conflict-related events...
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Demography (2011) 48 (2): 401–424.
Published: 04 May 2011
...Fig. 1 Distribution of human development index across districts. Source: Nepal South Asia Centre ( 1999 ). Nepal Human Development Report 1998 (Submitted to the United Nations Development Programme, Nepal), Kathmandu, Nepal ...
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Demography (2012) 49 (2): 677–698.
Published: 09 March 2012
... people in six countries—Argentina, China, Egypt, Iran, Nepal, and the United States—about the extent to which developmental idealism is known and believed. We ask individuals if they believe that fertility and development are correlated, that development is a causal force in changing fertility levels...
View articletitled, International Fertility Change: New Data and Insights From the Developmental Idealism Framework
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Demography (2016) 53 (4): 979–1009.
Published: 06 July 2016
...Fig. 1 Abortion and contraception trends in Nepal. Sources: Panel 1: abortion: Sedgh et al. ( 2011 ); contraception: 1970–1987 from Mauldin and Segal ( 1988 ), 1990–1995 from United Nations ( 2004 ), and 1996–2011 from MOHP et al. ( 2012 ). Panel 2: authors’ calculations are based...
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View articletitled, Population Policy: Abortion and Modern Contraception Are Substitutes
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Demography (2016) 53 (5): 1351–1375.
Published: 13 September 2016
... valued over individualism and where life is centered on the family. Using event history analyses with retrospective life history data from the Chitwan Valley Family Study conducted in rural Nepal, I explore the possible predictors of marital dissolution. Results suggest that couples in which wives...
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Demography (2021) 58 (1): 137–163.
Published: 01 February 2021
...Fig. 7 Predicted survival probabilities and decomposition in Nepal. Testing samples are used for prediction. The counterfactual survival function is based on the health production function in the 2010s and covariates in the 1990s. ANC = antenatal care; TT = tetanus toxoid; pub.inst. = public...
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View articletitled, Decomposition of Improvements in Infant Mortality in Asian Developing Countries Over Three Decades
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Demography (2020) 57 (1): 195–220.
Published: 31 January 2020
...Sarah R. Brauner-Otto; William G. Axinn; Dirgha J. Ghimire Abstract Unique longitudinal measures from Nepal allow us to link both mothers’ and fathers’ reports of their marital relationships with a subsequent long-term record of their children’s behaviors. We focus on children’s educational...
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Demography (2019) 56 (6): 2083–2108.
Published: 10 December 2019
...Fig. 2 Number of weekly flights from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu (Nepal’s capital) to the Gulf and to all destinations, 1995–2013. Source: Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal ( http://caanepal.gov.np/ ). ...
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View articletitled, Mass Education, International Travel, and Ideal Ages at Marriage
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Demography (2013) 50 (5): 1663–1686.
Published: 25 May 2013
... in the life course. To test hypotheses emerging from this framework, we use detailed data from Nepal that document local social and economic changes, parental family background, individual nonfamily experiences, marital experiences, and contraception for both husbands and wives. This study uses life...
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