Anoamly of the fertility decline In India's Kerala state : a field investigation

By:

Zachariah, K.C

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington; The World Bank.; 1984Description: 197p.: illISBN:

0821304399

Subject(s):

Fertility; Human India Kerala

DDC classification:

304.632095483 ZAC

Dissertation note: World Bank staff working papers number 700. Population and development series number 25. Summary: Kerala's fertility declined by more than 35 percent during the decade 1968-78. This was rather unexpected as the population of Kerala is still very poor, with a per capita income less than $200. Why did fertility decline in Kerala in such an unfavorable circumstances? A resolution of this anomaly is the object of this paper. The study concludes that the fertility decline in Kerala was caused by an optimum sequence of the commonly recognized determinants of fertility trends. The decline began with improvements in health and education, but it gathered momentum as a result of subsequent policy interventions that included an official family planning program, land reforms, wage reforms, and other redistributive policies.

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World Bank staff working papers number 700.
Population and development series number 25.

Kerala's fertility declined by more than 35 percent during the decade 1968-78. This was rather unexpected as the population of Kerala is still very poor, with a per capita income less than $200. Why did fertility decline in Kerala in such an unfavorable circumstances? A resolution of this anomaly is the object of this paper.
The study concludes that the fertility decline in Kerala was caused by an optimum sequence of the commonly recognized determinants of fertility trends. The decline began with improvements in health and education, but it gathered momentum as a result of subsequent policy interventions that included an official family planning program, land reforms, wage reforms, and other redistributive policies.

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