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Asia-Pacific Population Journal - Volume 19, Issue 3, 2005
Volume 19, Issue 3, 2005
Issued quarterly, the Asia-Pacific Population Journal is an invaluable resource containing opinions and analysis by experts on important issues related to population. It provides a medium for the international exchange of knowledge, experience, ideas, technical information and data on all aspects of population.
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Socio-economic determinants of induced abortion in China
Author: Chen WeiChina, which has the world’s largest population and the most stringent family planning programme, has experienced one of the world’s most remarkable fertility declines. A number of censuses and surveys in China, plus an extensive body of international studies, have consistently documented and examined the rapid fertility transition in the country over the last 30 years (see for example Lin, 1986; Peng,1991; Hull and Yang, 1991; Liu, 1992; Gu, 1994; Chen, 1995; Zha, 1996; Feeney, 1994 and Yu 2000). Explanations of the Chinese fertility decline have concentrated on the dominant role of China’s family planning programme, and to a lesser extent on social and economic development (see for example Birdsall and Jamison, 1983; Poston and Gu, 1987; Liu, 1992; Peng and Huang, 1993; Yang, 1994 and Poston 2000). China’s family planning programme is directly related to changes in the proximate determinants of fertility and induced abortion is recognized as a major contributor to the fertility decline.
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Indicators of women’s empowerment in India
Authors: T.K. Roy and S. NiranjanWomen’s empowerment, or autonomy, is a multifaceted concept. In a patriarchical society, as exists in large parts of India, men are placed in a more advantageous position than women. The family lineage and living arrangements are centred on men, and inheritance and succession practices tend to neglect women as well. The state of male supremacy is reflected in the child rearing and caring practices. The celebrations for the birth of a male child, and the differential treatment meted out to boys bears ample evidence of this. Access to nutrition, child care and education all favour boys over girls. From a very early age, a girl is socialized to give priority to the needs of the male members in the family. The cumulative effect of these practices is a tilt in the power relations in favour of males. Women’s empowerment is essentially an effort to rectify this imbalance and attain gender equity.
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Nutritional status of children in north-east India
Authors: G. Rama Rao, L. Ladusingh and Rajkumar PritamjitUndernutrition in children is the consequence of a range of factors which are often related to insufficient food intake, poor food quality, and severe and repeated infectious diseases. The inadequacy is relative to the food and nutrients needed to maintain good health, provide for growth and allow a level of physical activity (National Nutrition Policy, Government of India, 1993). Widespread poverty resulting in chronic and persistent hunger is the biggest scourge of the developing world today. Poverty, in turn, is closely linked to the overall standard of living and whether a population can meet its basic needs, such as access to food, housing, health care and education. This intersectoral and interrelated cause of undernutrition operates at many levels from the community at large to the household and children within households. Undernutrition is often cited as an important factor contributing to high morbidity and mortality among children in developing countries (Sommer and Loewenstein, 1975; Chen, Chowdury and Huffman, 1980; Vella and others, 1992a, 1992b). Undernutrition during childhood can also affect growth potential and risk of morbidity and mortality in later years of life.
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Rapid fertility decline in the Maldives: An assessment
Authors: Ibrahim Naseem, Bhakta Gubhaju and Hussain NiyaazMaldives is an archipelago of 1,190 small coral islands, of which 200 are inhabited, spread over a geographical area of 90,000 sq. km in the Indian Ocean. The islands are grouped in ring-shape clusters and stretch approximately 750 km from North to South and 120 km from East to West. These islands form 26 natural atolls, which for easy administration are grouped into 20 atolls. The nearest neighbours of Maldives are India and Sri Lanka, located about 600 and 670 km to the North and East, respectively. The islands are very small and low-lying with many being no more than two metres above the sea level. Malé, one of the islands, is the capital of Maldives and has been the seat of the Government from the beginning of the archipelago’s known history. Archeological findings reveal that the islands were inhabited as early as 1500 BC. However, it is believed that the first settlers in those islands were Aryan immigrants who came around 500 BC. Today, Maldivians are a mixed race and throughout Maldives, Dhivehi, a language which belongs to the Indo-Iranian group of languages is spoken.
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