Manjusha Kharole Professor S. N. D. T. College Amalner Abstract India is a developing country. Gender discrimination being dominant in the Indian culture, it has resulted into unequal sex ratio and unequal literacy rate amongst men and women, to name a few. This makes women unequal partners in the process of development. It is known …

Impact of Socio-Personal Variables on Parental Opinion about Gender Issues Read More »

Monorisha Mukhopadhyay Senior Researcher Collaborative Research and Dissemination New Delhi-110013 Abstract The demographic literature had not paid adequate attention to the processes leading to very low fertility in the West Bengal. This paper seeks to understand the phenomenon of low fertility on the basis of a field investigation during which over 300 currently married and …

Determinants of Low Fertility in a Developing Country Metropolis: The Case of Kolkata Read More »