Fertility differential by husbands' occupational status and income in Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, India
Publication date
2013-02-18Keywords
Maternal and child healthEmployment
Income
SRHR
Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Livelihoods
Development in Practice Journal
DiP
Country
India
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<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>Pages
11ISSN
0961-4524EISSN
1364-9213ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/09614524.2012.714352