Fertility and mortality : theory, methodology, and emperical issues

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Fertility and mortality : theory, methodology, and emperical issues

edited by K. Mahadevan with P.J. Reddy & D.A. Naidu

Sage Publications, 1986

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Eighteen distinguished scholars examine the socio-economic determinants of fertility and of patterns of mortality. They provide valuable theoretical insights and original research data, making a significant contribution to population studies. Recent contributions to theories of fertility are reviewed, cultural, psychological and socio-economic factors which influence fertility are considered, and various analytical frameworks for mortality studies are considered.

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PART ONE: THEORIES OF FERTILITY Demographic Foundations of Sex Roles - Kingsley Davis and Pietronella van den Oever Theories of Fertility Decline - Ronald Freedman Societal Development and Population Changes - N Krishnan Namboodiri A Reappraisal of Selected Theories Some Observations on the Regulation of Fertility - Albert I Hermalin The Value and Cost of Children - James T Fawcett Converging Theory and Research PART TWO: CULTURE AND FERTILITY Cultural Emphasis in the Mysore Population Study - C Chandrasekaran Determinants of Religious and Caste Differentials in Fertility - K Mahadevan A Village Study Interrelation Between Fertility and Non-Economic Characteristics in India - P Krishnan Cost of Rearing Children and Fertility - D Usha Rani Child Labour and Fertility - D A Naidu Factors in Fertility Decline in Kerala - P K B Nayar PART THREE: SOCIAL CHANGE AND FERTILITY Modernization and Fertility Change - K Srinivasan A Review of Theoretical Developments Demographic Transition in Kerala - R S Kurup Socio-Demographic Change in Indonesia - Terence H Hull Socio-Psychological Determinants of Urban Fertility - P J Reddy PART FOUR: ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK, MODELS AND MORTALITY Mortality, Biology and Society - K Mahadevan Analytical Framework and Conceptual Model Factors Shaping the Morbidity-Mortality Expectations of Youth - Charles B Nam and Thomas M Harrington A Socialization Model Culture, Nutrition and Infant and Childhood Mortality - K Mahadevan et al PART FIVE: A PROFILE C Chandrasekaran - Asha A Bhende and V S Badari A Profile

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