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Asia-Pacific Population Journal - Volume 26, Issue 2, 2013
Volume 26, Issue 2, 2013
Issued three times a year, 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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Status, decision-making role and expectations of older persons in rural Maharashtra, India
Author: Dhananjay W. BansodIn traditional Indian society, older persons were key decision makers while younger generations would tend to comply with their decisions. This tradition has changed in the context of modernization and urbanization. This paper focuses on the status of older persons, their role, their decision-making power and the expectations they have of their children, society and the government. Data for this paper was collected from the rural areas of Amravati district in Maharashtra, using semi-structured interview schedules. A total of 600 respondents, both males and females, were interviewed. A systematic sampling technique was used for data collection. In addition to the issues cited above, the impact of various socio-economic characteristics on decision-making power and status is discussed.
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Marriage and fertility dynamics in India
Author: Premchand DommarajuIt is widely acknowledged that age at marriage has a significant influence on fertility, particularly in the countries where childbearing occurs within marriage. However, the complexities of marriage/fertility relationship are poorly understood, especially during fertility transitions. This paper investigates the complex relationship between marriage and fertility by examining age at marriage, marital fertility and birth interval dynamics in India, using data collected in nationally representative surveys in 1992/1993 and 2005/2006. The decline in fertility during this period could be attributed to changes in marital fertility rather than to changes in marriage age. Women marrying late tend to have shorter first birth interval than women marrying at a younger age. However, the second and higher birth intervals are longer among those marrying late.
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The effect of maternal nutrition and reproductive morbidity on waiting time to next conception in rural Karnataka, India
Author: T. RajaretnamThis paper is an attempt to understand the role of maternal nutrition and reproductive morbidity on waiting time to next conception among rural women in northern Karnataka, India. The study is based on the births that occurred from July 2003 to June 2004 in 54 villages and a series of follow-up visits to the women who bore these births. The Abstracts education of the woman and husband, occupation of husband, religion/caste, age at effective marriage of woman, age of woman at child birth and order of birth, haemoglobin level, body mass index and waist-hip ratio and reported RTI/STI symptoms are all significantly related to waiting time to next conception. Based on the data there does not seem to be a relationship with nutritional status and reproductive morbidity on the incidence of spontaneous abortion (safe and unsafe) and still births. Overall, maternal nutrition and reproductive morbidity factors appear to only have a marginal effect on waiting time to next conception in the area of study.
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Health-care decisions of older persons in India
Author: Homi KatrakMany older persons in India cannot afford the high cost of health-care and consequently have to forego treatment for their illness. We compared the incidence of illness and health-care decisions of rural and urban persons as well as the outcomes for older persons and younger persons. One of the main findings was that rural persons had a higher incidence of illness and a higher incidence of non-treatment than those in urban areas. The higher incidence of non-treatment in rural areas was mainly due to the shortage of health-care facilities and concerns about the high cost of treatment, reflecting lower income in those areas. Second, analysis for two rural locations indicated that older persons do not always choose the same provider of treatment as younger persons even if it is for the same type of illness. Third, in looking at one urban centre, the study found that older persons had a higher incidence of non-treatment than younger persons. This was mainly because older persons had greater concerns about the costs of treatment, reflecting again their lower levels of income.
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