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Fertility differentials in Nepal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Bhakta Gubhaju
Bhakta Gubhaju
Affiliation:
Department of Demography, Australian National University, Canberra
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Summary

The present paper is based on data from the Nepal Fertility Survey 1976 and examines the fertility differentials in Nepal by socioeconomic variables. Of all the variables examined in this study marital duration is found to have the greatest impact on fertility. With standardization for marital duration, women in the mountains have a lower number of children ever-born than women in the hills and terai. Education of husbands rather than wives seems to affect fertility in Nepal.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , July 1983 , pp. 325 - 331
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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References

Nepal Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health Project (1977) Nepal Fertility Survey 1976. First Report. Kathmandu, Nepal.Google Scholar
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