Spatial patterns of fertility transition in Indian districts

Type Working Paper - Population and development review
Title Spatial patterns of fertility transition in Indian districts
Author(s)
Volume 27
Issue 4
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2001
Page numbers 713-738
URL http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic1477591.files/Guilmoto 2.pdf
Abstract
The article explores the dynamics of Indian fertility at the district level using a child-woman index developed from the four Indian censuses, 1961 to 1991. It employs statistical and geostatistical techniques to assess fertility change across districts and periods. Fertility decline is evident in every region, but sizable regional differentials exist. A cluster analysis of fertility profiles indicates that a clear spatial pattern of fertility in India has emerged and the pattern intensified because of the process of fertility decline.

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