TY - JOUR
T1 - Proximate determinants of fertility in the Kathmandu valley, Nepal
T2 - An anthropological case study
AU - Ross, J. L.
AU - Blangero, J.
AU - Goldstein, M. C.
AU - Schuler, S.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding for this study was provided by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Center for Population Research (HD 13827-02) and a supplementary grant from the Population Council (CP82.7A). We would like to express our appreciation to the government of Nepal, the Nepal Population Commission and the Center for Nepal and Asian Studies, Tribhuvan University, for their assistance.
Copyright:
Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1986/4
Y1 - 1986/4
N2 - This article employs the analytical model of Bongaarts and Potter to compare the proximate determinants of fertility among three populations in Nepal's Kathmandu valley with the following characteristics: (1) high and low caste, (2) urban and urban fringe residence, and (3) users and non-users of contraception. It is shown that while Nepal, as a whole, is firmly entrenched in Phase 1 of the fertility transition, each of the populations studied has begun to experience a demographic transition to different degrees. In fact, greater progress in controlling fertility has been made than previously known.
AB - This article employs the analytical model of Bongaarts and Potter to compare the proximate determinants of fertility among three populations in Nepal's Kathmandu valley with the following characteristics: (1) high and low caste, (2) urban and urban fringe residence, and (3) users and non-users of contraception. It is shown that while Nepal, as a whole, is firmly entrenched in Phase 1 of the fertility transition, each of the populations studied has begun to experience a demographic transition to different degrees. In fact, greater progress in controlling fertility has been made than previously known.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0021932000016114
DO - 10.1017/S0021932000016114
M3 - Article
C2 - 3700450
AN - SCOPUS:0022654015
VL - 18
SP - 179
EP - 196
JO - Journal of Biosocial Science
JF - Journal of Biosocial Science
SN - 0021-9320
IS - 2
ER -