Open AccessAge at Marriage, Fertility and Infant-Child Mortality in a Lahore Suburb (PART II)
Author(s) -
Muhammad Afzal,
Zubeda Khan,
Naseer Ahmed Chaudhry
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v15i2pp.195-210
Subject(s) - fertility , demography , marital status , pregnancy , medicine , total fertility rate , obstetrics , family planning , population , research methodology , biology , genetics , sociology
This study continues the discussion of demographic variablesof in¬terest to the policy-maker in Pakistan. In this part an attempt ismade to examine (i) the fertility experiences in relation toinfant-child mortality for mothers in the survey area; and (ii) thedifferentials in the level of fertility and child mortality by incomelevel, by educational levels of mothers and of fathers and by somerelevant demographic variables.1 In pursuing the above two generalobjectives it is endeavoured to look for the variations in fertility, asindicated by children ever born to mothers. up to the time of theinterview; and mortality, as indicated by the ratio of child deaths tothe number of children ever born to a mother up to the time ofinter¬view, in relation to each other and also in relation to suchvariables as age at marriage, family income, duration of marriage,mothers education and fathers education. Two approaches, which are alsocomplimentary to each other, have been followed to study theserelationships.