Fertility differential by husbands' occupational status and income in Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, India

Jamal, Ayesha; Siddiqui, Farasat A.

Author(s)

Jamal, Ayesha
Siddiqui, Farasat A.

Publication date

2013-02-18

Document type

Journal article

Language

English

Description

<p>The paper attempts to find out fertility differential by husbands' occupational status and income level in Dhanbad district, Jharkhand (India). The mean number of children ever born (MCEB) is used to measure fertility, and monthly income as the income variable. Older and younger cohorts of women were examined separately for assessing fertility differential. MCEB was found to be high for women with husbands employed as labourers with a low monthly income. This was true for both the cohorts, but fertility levels were much higher among the older cohort. Low MCEB was found with increasing income of husbands and for those in private jobs.</p><p>This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.</p>

ISSN

0961-4524

EISSN

1364-9213

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