The Influence of Female Age at Marriage on Fertility and Child Loss in India

Using data from the 1998-99 National Family Health Survey-2, India, this paper attempts to investigate the relationship between the age at marriage on fertility and child loss in two socioculturally different states of India: Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. In the research, I have used the number of child...

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Autor: ARUN KUMAR ACHARYA
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:México
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Repositorio:Redalyc-UANL
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:60717342004
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=60717342004
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sociología
India
fertility
Rajasthan
child loss
Tamil Nadu
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Sumario:Using data from the 1998-99 National Family Health Survey-2, India, this paper attempts to investigate the relationship between the age at marriage on fertility and child loss in two socioculturally different states of India: Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. In the research, I have used the number of children born as a measure of fertility, which shows that lower age at marriageresults in higher fertility and child loss. The result from multivariate analysis indicates that age at marriage increases with higher socioeconomic conditions. The study yielded aninverse relationship between the place of residence, education, household standard of living, and child loss.