Research Brief Series

Every year, IIPS undertakes many research studies on a number of themes related to population and health at the state and national levels using its own resources. The 'Research Brief Series' is a new initiative by the Institute to provide an opportunity to the faculty, Ph.D. scholars and visiting fellows to quickly disseminate the important findings of their research studies before they are published as a research report or in a scientific journal.

Returns of Fertility Decline among Uneducated Women in India

P. Arokiasamy

Fertility transition in the Indian states is apace since the 1990s. Data from India's Sample Registration System (SRS) indicates that the crude birth rate and the total fertility rate declined respectively from 31 and 4.0 in 1991 to 24 and 2.6 in 2004. This emerging evidence points to the fact that bulk of fertility decline is now occurring among uneducated women.

July 2007
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