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Fertility and Infant Mortality Levels in Pakistan: A Reassessment of the 1971 Population Growth Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Farhat Yusuf
Farhat Yusuf
Affiliation:
School of Economic and Financial Studies, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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Summary

This paper examines the results of the 1971 Population Growth Survey in Pakistan and attempts to reassess the fertility and infant mortality levels utilizing some unpublished data on children ever born and proportion surviving. These adjusted fertility and infant mortality rates show that there has been hardly any decline in the fertility and infant mortality levels in Pakistan during the decade ending in 1971.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , April 1981 , pp. 189 - 196
Copyright
Copyright © 1981, Cambridge University Press

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