Trends in Religious Differentials in Fertility, Kerala, India: An Analysis of Birth Intervals

Manoj Alagarajan

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Abstract: The paper examines fertility differentials among the three religion groups, Hindu, Muslim and Christian, and trends in these based on data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-1). [WP No. 167].

Keywords: data; birth intervals; religious; Kerala; India; birth cohorts; Cox regression; socio-economic; demographic; variables; Proportional hazard; fertility differentials; religion; Hindu; Muslim; Christian; NFHS; National Family Health Survey; decline (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-02
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