District level estimates of Fertility from India's 2001 Census

Type Journal Article - Economic and Political Weekly
Title District level estimates of Fertility from India's 2001 Census
Author(s)
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2002
Page numbers 665-672
URL http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/4411750
Abstract
Over the last few decades, both fertility and mortality rates have been falling, but the decline of mortality was strong enough to offset the fall in fertility rates. The 2001 Census, however, gives a clear indication that India is passing through the last phase of fertility transition, moving towards moderate to low fertility. Fertility declines have not, however, been uniform across the country and the differential rates are mainly responsible for the differentials in population growth rates across states and union territories.

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