Background Coupled with the largest number of maternal deaths, adolescent pregnancy in
India has received paramount importance due to early age at marriage and low …

In the midst of the current global turn to the right, striking resonances across oceans emerge:
strongmen and their allies point to specific and vivid tales or images signaling demographic …

The use of hazardous female contraceptives is still the first choice in family planning
programs. Moreover, all the drugs examined to be used as infertility inducers in males or as …

Demographers have carefully analyzed intersecting aspects of identity beyond religious
category that influence fertility patterns in India, such as region, access to wealth, sex ratios …

This paper examines utilization of maternal health care services within and across social
groups among married women in India using data from third round of District Level …

India has gradually progressed into fertility transition over the last few decades. However,
the timing and pace of this transition has varied notably in terms of both its geography and …

In this paper, we examine the relationship between fertility and financial development using
the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) data for the year 2015–2016. We examine the …

Analysis of the data from the three rounds of India's National Family Health Survey shows
that fertility transition is continuing in all the major religious groups of India. Substantial …

Religion, class–caste factors, and sociocultural norms influence fertility rates, largely
determining reproductive behavior. Hindu–Muslim fertility differentials in West Bengal, India …

In view of the prevalent gender norms that rationalize the bargaining power of women, lack
of informed choice and high infant as well as child mortality, female sterilization as a family …