Title: The Calcutta couples: a biosocial profile

POPLINE Document Number: 027235

Author(s):

Pakrasi KB
Banerjee AR
Halder AK

Source citation:

Calcutta, India, Editions Indian, 1980. ix, 320 p.

Abstract:

This is a collection of eight papers concerned with various aspects of fertility behavior in Calcutta. Topics considered include the effects of occupation, religion, and language group on family planning; trends in the percentage of primiparous deliveries; seasonal variations in deliveries; sterilization acceptance; analysis of abortions performed after implementation of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act; changes in marital patterns; and fetal and neonatal mortality. (ANNOTATION)

Keywords:

India
Fertility
Reproductive Behavior
Family Planning
Abortion
Marriage Patterns
Infant Mortality
Seasonal Variation
Family Planning Acceptors
Neonatal Mortality
Fetal Death
Occupations
Religion
Language
Primiparity
Sterilization, Sexual
Changes
Urban Population
Asia, Southern
Asia
Developing Countries
Population Dynamics
Demographic Factors
Population
Fertility Control, Postconception
Marriage
Nuptiality
Mortality
Family Planning Programs
Human Resources
Economic Factors
Communication
Parity
Fertility Measurements
Social Change
Population Characteristics