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Women's Autonomy and Reproductive Behavior in Two Urban Areas of Nepal
The article explores the mechanisms of autonomy that result in fertility differentials between subgroups of women in Nepal. It examines the interrelationship between gender roles, women's autonomy, an...
Regional Patterns of Fertility in Nepal
The article focuses on regional patterns of fertility and its implications and examines where significant change in fertility has taken place. Using eco-development regions as the units of analysis an...
The Contextual Web of Fertility Control: A Case Study of Chisang Village
The article examines how various village and family/individual level factors have triggered measurable changes in reproductive attitudes and behaviour in Chisang, a village in the eastern Terai of Nep...
Understanding Fertility Transition: Back to Basics
The article summarizes trends in fertility over the period 1960-1995 for major developing regions and reviews of developing country demographic trends since 1960 which demonstrates that fertility decl...
Abstracts [of articles in the special issue of Contributions to Nepalese Studies "The Global Fertility Transition and Nepal"]
This is a compilation of short abstracts of each article of the special issue of Contributions to Nepalese Studies based on the conference on "Fertility Transition in Nepal: Changing Context an...
Socioeconomic Changes, Women's Autonomy and Timing of First Birth in a Semi-urban Community in Nepal
The article discusses the socioeconomic changes, such as women's autonomy and the timing of the first birth, in a semi-urban community in Nepal. Based upon theoretical and empirical studies, the autho...
Moslem and Non-Moslem Fertility Differences in the Eastern Terai of Nepal
The article examines the effects of religious/ethnic differences, and other background variables such as the measure of women's autonomy, on reproductive behavior. The study is based on the data colle...
Fertility Trends in Nepal, 1977-1995
The article presents estimates of fertility trends in Nepal for the period 1977-95, derived from two national surveys: the 1991 Nepal fertility, family planning, and health survey (NFFPHS) and the 199...
The Global Fertility Transition and Nepal
The article discusses the global trend of declining human fertility and Nepal's unique situation within that trend. The global fertility transition has now been progressing for two centuries and still...
Tamang Transitions: Transformation in the Culture of Childbearing and Fertility among Nepal's Tamang
The article reviews significant findings from over 15 years of research on the culture of fertility and family transitions in two Tamang communities of Nepal. The data sources include both qualitative...
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