How economic development can overcome culture: Demographic change in Punjab, India

Alaka Basu

Population Research and Policy Review, 1988, vol. 7, issue 1, 29-48

Abstract: This paper looks at the recent declines in fertility and mortality that have occurred in the state of Punjab in India and examines the evidence on the proposition that these have resulted from changes in the sociocultural structure of Punjab - especially those aspects of this structure which influence levels of female status. The article concludes that in fact rates of birth and death (especially at the older ages) have fallen in spite of the persistence of cultural norms and practices that limit female autonomy and that should therefore theoretically favour high fertility and mortality. It is suggested that at this stage of the state's demographic transition it might be more useful to look for causes in the relatively remarkable economic prosperity that the area has witnessed in the last two decades. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1988

Date: 1988
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