Age patterns of fertility in Madhya Pradesh
Ranjan, A.
Population Geography a Journal of the Association of Population Geographers of India 16(1-2): 59-66
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0256-5331 PMID: 12179060 Document Number: 306714
"The purpose of this paper is to analyse age-patterns of fertility in Madhya Pradesh [in India] based on district level estimates of aggregate measures of fertility data collected in 1981.... Four clusters of districts have emerged which reveal a clear zonal pattern in age-specific fertility rates in the state. These groups bring out high fertility rates in the north and north-western parts of the state, gradually declining toward the south-eastern zone. The author suggests that separate policies and programmes be evolved for each of the clusters of districts for the purpose of bringing about reduction in fertility and promoting family welfare in the state of Madhya Pradesh."