Impact of female education on fertility behaviour - A Study

This Book is focused on impact of female education on fertility behaviour between 'educated and less-educated' women, which deals with the differentials in various indices of fertility viz., mean live-births, additional live births, desired, ideal family size norm, value of son preference, etc. Deals with the impact of female education on age at marriage, duration of effective marriage on fertility behaviour, the awareness of marriage act, mean age at marriage desired for their son and daughter etc., and it also examines the inter-relationship between selected cultural factors indicating modernization etc., also based on the conclusion suggestions for a suitable policy frame work have been made so as to strengthen the National Policy on population.

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O Dr. K.V. Sunil Kumar é Consultor Académico no Departamento de Estudos Populacionais, Universidade do Sri Venkateswara, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. Fez o seu mestrado e doutoramento, na Universidade do Sri Venkateswara, Tirupati. Apresentou vários trabalhos de investigação nas Conferências Nacionais / Seminários.