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Rural-urban mortality in developing countries: An index for detecting rural underregistration
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Demography (1967) 4 (1): 98–107.
Published: 01 March 1967
...Eduardo E. Arriaga Summary This study begins with a brief analysis of past and present urban-rural mortality in those countries which are presently considered to be developed. The same analysis centers in developing countries, for it is thought that their rural mortality should be greater than...
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A Survey Experiment of Women’s Attitudes About Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Rural Bangladesh
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Demography (2013) 50 (1): 333–357.
Published: 06 September 2012
... such views or to report the perceived socially desirable response. In a survey experiment of 496 ever-married women aged 18–49 years in rural Bangladesh, we compared responses to attitudinal questions that (1) replicated the 2007 Bangladesh DHS wording and portrayed the wife as transgressive for unstated...
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Estimated and projected urban and rural population in billions, world, 1950...
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Published: 18 October 2011
Fig. 10 Estimated and projected urban and rural population in billions, world, 1950–2050. Data are from United Nations Population Division ( 2009 , 2011 )
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Fertility adaptation of rural-to-urban migrant women: A method of estimation applled to Korean women
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Demography (1984) 21 (3): 339–345.
Published: 01 August 1984
...Stephen C. Farber; Bun Song Lee Abstract This study proposes to test for the existence of an adaptation effect of rural-to-urban migration. The design is to divide migrants into two groups at the time of observation: one group which had migrated by that time, and another group consisting...
View articletitled, Fertility adaptation of <span class="search-highlight">rural</span>-to-urban migrant women: A method of estimation applled to Korean women
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Selective gender differences in childhood nutrition and immunization in rural India: The role of siblings
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Demography (2003) 40 (3): 395–418.
Published: 01 August 2003
... Children in Rural Bangladesh . Population and Development Review , 12 , 307 – 15 . 10.2307/1973113 Banthia J.K. ( 2001 ). Provisional Population Totals: India . New Delhi : Office of the Registrar General, India . Baqui A.H. , Black R.E. , Arifeen S.E. , Hill K...
View articletitled, Selective gender differences in childhood nutrition and immunization in <span class="search-highlight">rural</span> India: The role of siblings
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Women’s status and domestic violence in rural Bangladesh: Individual- and community-level effects
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Demography (2003) 40 (2): 269–288.
Published: 01 May 2003
...Michael A. Koenig; Saifuddin Ahmed; Mian Bazle Hossain; A. B. M. Khorshed Alam Mozumder Abstract We explore the determinants of domestic violence in two rural areas of Bangladesh. We found increased education, higher socioeconomic status, non-Muslim religion, and extended family residence...
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Social networks and changes in contraceptive use over time: Evidence from a longitudinal study in rural Kenya
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Demography (2002) 39 (4): 713–738.
Published: 01 November 2002
...Jere R. Behrman; Hans-Peter Kohler; Susan Cotts Watkins Abstract The impacts of social networks on changes in contraception in rural Kenya are investigated using special data from a longitudinal household survey. An analytic model, informed by detailed knowledge of the setting, yielded estimates...
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Family size and support of older adults in urban and rural China: Current effects and future implications
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Demography (2003) 40 (1): 23–44.
Published: 01 February 2003
..., the association between number of children and the receipt of instrumental and financial support is examined for rural and urban populations. Probabilities are modeled as bivariate probits. Coefficients are used to conduct simulations in which support is examined across hypothetical distributions of number...
View articletitled, Family size and support of older adults in urban and <span class="search-highlight">rural</span> China: Current effects and future implications
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Are births underreported in rural China? Manipulation of statistical records in response to China’s population policies
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Demography (2000) 37 (1): 109–126.
Published: 01 February 2000
... planning regulations, or statistically through manipulation of statistical records. We investigate underreporting of births in four rural counties of northern China, using data from a 1992 sample survey featuring a reproductive history. To clarify the mechanisms of underreporting, we focus on the ways...
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The effects of kin on child mortality in rural gambia
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Demography (2002) 39 (1): 43–63.
Published: 01 February 2002
...Rebecca Sear; Fiona Steele; Ian A. McGregor; Ruth Mace Abstract We analyzed data that were collected continuously between 1950 and 1974 from a rural area of the Gambia to determine the effects of kin on child mortality. Multilevel event-history models were used to demonstrate that having a living...
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Reporting of fertility events by men and women in rural Gambia
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Demography (2002) 39 (3): 573–586.
Published: 01 August 2002
...Amy A. Ratcliffe; Allan G. Hill; David P. Harrington; Gijs Walraven Abstract We conducted a survey of male and female fertility in rural villages in The Gambia and compared men and women’s reports of recent pregnancy events in the aggregate and of children ever born for matched couples. Despite...
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Quality, accessibility, and contraceptive use in rural tanzania
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Demography (1999) 36 (1): 23–40.
Published: 01 February 1999
...Thomas A. Mroz; Kenneth A. Bollen; Ilene S. Speizer; Dominic J. Mancini Abstract We examine how informants’reports on community perceptions of the quality and accessibility offamily planningfacilities relate to the use of modern contraceptives by individuals in rural Tanzania. Using information...
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Population control: A two-year rural action experience
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Demography (1964) 1 (1): 126–129.
Published: 01 March 1964
...Majeed Khan 13 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1964 1964 Resumen La AcademiadePakistán para Desarrollo Rural en Comilla, ha estado auspiciando un Programa de Control de Población en una encuesta en aldeas ruralesde nivel de ingreso y alfabetismo extremadamente bajo...
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Rural depopulation in the united states: Some demographic consequences of agricultural adjustments
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Demography (1964) 1 (1): 264–272.
Published: 01 March 1964
... tanto sus hijos emigran a un centro metropolitano o urbane en busca de una manera de vivir. Esta declinación en la población agrícola ha sido tan fuerte que ha llevado a una declinación de la población rural, y aún de la población total, en la mayor parte de una gran región agrícola del interior ubicada...
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Rural-urban residence and modernism: A study of Ankara Province, Turkey
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Demography (1970) 7 (1): 71–85.
Published: 01 February 1970
...) to what extent do indi- viduals living in urban communities have substantially higher levels of mod- ernism than those living in rural communities?; (2) does the impact of urban residence on modernism remain the same, regardless of whether the ex- posure to an urban way of life takes place at an early...
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Infant mortality trends in rural East Pakistan
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Demography (1970) 7 (2): 235–240.
Published: 01 May 1970
...John Stoeckel Abstract Infant mortality trends in a rural area of East Pakistan are analyzed utilizing the Bogue pregnancy history technique. The findings indicate that infant mortality has declined slightly over 20 percent between 1958 and 1967. The existence of development programs in women’s...
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Use of the intra-uterine contraceptive device in rural West Pakistan
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Demography (1966) 3 (2): 332–342.
Published: 01 June 1966
...R. V. Rider; P. E. White; A. Rasheed Ghazi; P. A. Harper Summary This paper presents selected aspects of experience with the intra-uterine contraceptive device (IUD) in rural West Pakistan. There were 1,162 IUD cases analyzed with respect to retention or non-retention. Retention rates were...
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Characteristics and utilization of midwives in a selected rural area of East Pakistan
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Demography (1966) 3 (2): 578–580.
Published: 01 June 1966
...,” the Population Council [December, 1964]). CHARACTER1STICS AND UTILIZATION OF MIDWIVES IN A SELECTED RURAL AREA OF EAST PAKISTAN* H. T. CROLEY, S. Z. HAIDER, SULTANA BEGUM, AND HAROLD C. GUSTAFSONt RESUMEN El prop6sito de este estudio [ue el de obtener informaci6n ocerca de la utilizaci6n de porieras por...
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Widow remarriages in some rural areas of Northern India
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Demography (1967) 4 (1): 126–134.
Published: 01 March 1967
.... A study, carried out by the author, of 1 percent of the rural households in Mathura and Saharanpur districts in Uttar Pradesh and in Rohtak district in Panjab has brought out that nearly SO percent of the ever-widowed are remarried. The survey covered 6,211 households, of which 887 were Muslim...
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