Model Life Tables for Developing Countries

Model Life Tables for Developing Countries
Author: United Nations. Department of International Economic and Social Affairs
Publisher: New York : United Nations
Total Pages: 366
Release: 1982
Genre: Developing countries
ISBN:

Gives sets of age-sex patterns of mortality in Latin America, Chile, South Asia, the Far East and in general.

Sex Ratio Patterns in the Indian Population

Sex Ratio Patterns in the Indian Population
Author: Satish Balram Agnihotri
Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2000-05-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

In this unique book, Dr Agnihotri provides an entirely fresh perspective on the perplexing puzzle of the low and declining proportion of women in the Indian population—927 to 1000—strikingly below the world average of 990 to 1000. The analytical backdrop of the study draws substantially from Amartya Sen`s entitlement framework, cooperative conflict model and capabilities approach to well being. Tracing out the contours of low and high FMR, the study identifies groups (scheduled castes), regions (north-western India) and economic/cultural factors (female work force participation/kinship) that particularly put the girl child at risk as also maps underdeveloped regions which are characterised by high male infant mortality.

Endangered Daughters

Endangered Daughters
Author: Elizabeth Croll
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2002-01-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1134538820

This unique and groundbreaking book seeks to re-focus gender debate onto the issue of daughter discrimination - a phenomenon still hidden and unacknowledged across the world. It asks the controversial question of why millions of girls do not appear to be surviving to adulthood in contemporary Asia. In the first major study available of this emotive and sensitive issue, Elisabeth Croll investigates the extent of discrimination against female children in Asia and shifts the focus of attention firmly from son-preference to daughter-discrimination. This book brings together demographic data and anthropological field studies to reveal the multiple ways in which girls are disadvantaged, from excessive child mortality to the withholding of health care and education on the basis of gender. Focusing especially on China and India, the book reveals the surprising coincidence of increasing daughter discrimination with rising economic development, declining fertility and the generally improved status of women in East and South Asia. Essential reading for all those interested in gender in contemporary society.

Bare Branches

Bare Branches
Author: Valerie M. Hudson
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005-09-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0262582643

What happens to a society that has too many men? In this provocative book, Valerie Hudson and Andrea den Boer argue that, historically, high male-to-female ratios often trigger domestic and international violence. Most violent crime is committed by young unmarried males who lack stable social bonds. Although there is not always a direct cause-and-effect relationship, these surplus men often play a crucial role in making violence prevalent within society. Governments sometimes respond to this problem by enlisting young surplus males in military campaigns and high-risk public works projects. Countries with high male-to-female ratios also tend to develop authoritarian political systems. Hudson and den Boer suggest that the sex ratios of many Asian countries, particularly China and India—which represent almost 40 percent of the world's population—are being skewed in favor of males on a scale that may be unprecedented in human history. Through offspring sex selection (often in the form of sex-selective abortion and female infanticide), these countries are acquiring a disproportionate number of low-status young adult males, called "bare branches" by the Chinese. Hudson and den Boer argue that this surplus male population in Asia's largest countries threatens domestic stability and international security. The prospects for peace and democracy are dimmed by the growth of bare branches in China and India, and, they maintain, the sex ratios of these countries will have global implications in the twenty-first century.

Dowry & Inheritance

Dowry & Inheritance
Author: Srimati Basu
Publisher:
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2005
Genre: Dowry
ISBN:

The essays in this book examine the sociological, legal, cultural and economic implications of dowry. The connection between dowry or bridewealth norms and the status of women, inheritance and its impact on women's empowerment are discussed from the multiple perspectives adopted by different feminist scholars. Feminist interventions have dealt with slippery definitions, concepts in legal formulations and theoretical questions regarding the volition and agency of women in a patriarchal structure. The essays examine the activist position vis-Ã -vis dowry and inheritance: should dowry be boycotted in toto, or only its excesses? Is dowry a form of inheritance? Legal intervention is often seen as the most concrete means to address issues of equity, but the Dowry Prohibition Act of 1984 leaves room for manoeuvre: dowry as a condition of marriage is punishable, but voluntary gifts are excluded from the ambit of the law. More recently, legislative intervention has sought to grant equal inheritance rights to women. Will these developments make for greater gender equity? This book brings together intellectually stimulating analysis and radical activism, in a cogent and comprehensive assessment of an issue and a practice that has preoccupied Indian feminists for the past three decades.

Population Ecology and Family Planning

Population Ecology and Family Planning
Author: Rajesh K. Gautam
Publisher: Serials Publications
Total Pages: 494
Release: 2010
Genre: Birth control
ISBN: 9788183873147

The Entitled Population Ecology And Family Planning Is A Very Painstaking Study Of Population And Family Planning In The Districts Of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Author Has Laid Hands On Selected Topics Like Material Used, Area And People, Ethnographic Profile Of Kinnaura, Socio-Economic Characteristics, Marriage, Polyandry, Menarche, Menopause And Life Span, Population Structure And Characteristics, Fertility, Mortality, Natural Selection, Family Planning, Health Structure With A Comparative Temperament In Other Indian And Foreign States. The Book Presents Material Of Different Sources On Demographic Anthropology Which Is Different Collect And Compile. It Also Compiles Definitions And Methodologies Of Population Analysis. It Also Presents Data Diagrams Making The Study Easy And Presentable. Convincing Statistics Have Been Presented. The Subject And Treatment Is Keenly Knowledgeable And Understandable. Chapter On Family Planning, Which Is A Burning Topic Of The Day Is Well Reproduced With Complete Family Planning Methods In Practice In India And Specially In District Kinnaura. Students And Research Scholars Face Several Problems In The Study Of Demographic Anthropology. Full Attention Has Paid To These Difficulties And Make The Subject Most Interesting And Understandable. Students Appearing In Upsc/Spsc Examinations Will Finds The Present Study Most Suitable To Their Needs. The Book Can Also Be Used Be Side Reference Book And Will Be Useful For Ugc-Net Examination Also. The Book Designed For The Students Of Anthropology, Biology, Demography, Geography, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology, Medicine And Public Health Management, The Government Planners And Policy Makers Can Use The Book As Guidelines On The Subject Dealt And The Data And Diagrams Presented. Health Indicators Set The Government Of Himachal Pradesh. The Book Will Be Useful Collection Of Library And Information Center For Its Demography And Anthropology, As Well As For Health Section.