On the Compression of Reproductive Spans: the case of Andhra Pradesh in India
On the Compression of Reproductive Spans: the case of Andhra Pradesh in India
Many women in Andhra Pradesh marry early, have two or three children and accept voluntary sterilization at very early ages. The state has recently succeeded in reducing fertility to near replacement levels. Data from the second round of the National Family Health Survey are used to examine the duration between first marriage and sterility by distinguishing different marriage cohorts of the 4,032 ever-married women aged 15-49 years. Life table and hazard models are used to understand the cohort effects on the time spend in the effective reproductive span. The cohort effects remain highly significant when controlling for other demographic, social and reproductive attitude characteristics. Sterilization acceptance among younger women explains the compression trends in reproductive spans. Women’s position as mothers is undergoing transition in Andhra Pradesh and they seem to make familial decisions much faster than the older generations did.
Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, University of Southampton
Padmadas, Sabu S.
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Hutted, Inge
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Willekens, Frans
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2004
Padmadas, Sabu S.
64b6ab89-152b-48a3-838b-e9167964b508
Hutted, Inge
339b67d8-5532-45fd-9692-cd04c83a408a
Willekens, Frans
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Padmadas, Sabu S., Hutted, Inge and Willekens, Frans
(2004)
On the Compression of Reproductive Spans: the case of Andhra Pradesh in India
(S3RI Applications and Policy Working Papers, A04/02)
Southampton, UK.
Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, University of Southampton
32pp.
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Abstract
Many women in Andhra Pradesh marry early, have two or three children and accept voluntary sterilization at very early ages. The state has recently succeeded in reducing fertility to near replacement levels. Data from the second round of the National Family Health Survey are used to examine the duration between first marriage and sterility by distinguishing different marriage cohorts of the 4,032 ever-married women aged 15-49 years. Life table and hazard models are used to understand the cohort effects on the time spend in the effective reproductive span. The cohort effects remain highly significant when controlling for other demographic, social and reproductive attitude characteristics. Sterilization acceptance among younger women explains the compression trends in reproductive spans. Women’s position as mothers is undergoing transition in Andhra Pradesh and they seem to make familial decisions much faster than the older generations did.
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Published date: 2004
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Inge Hutted
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Frans Willekens
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