fertilizers
poverty and fertility in india demographic field theory perspective
this book deals with two burgeoning issues of india abject poverty and high fertility that demand urgent solution . otherwise india would remain a poor country though a software superpower . most indian demographers are not concerned with poverty fertility nexus . suitable theory also lacks . so a novel theory the demographic field theory is presented herein explaining such nexus filling up a great lacuna . many canonical analyses are performed between demographic socio economic and policy systems using recent national family and health survey nfhs census 2001 sample registration survey srs and reproductive and child health rch survey data making it most current . causal relations between syndrome of poverty and fertility sadly remains same over time.the main purpose of this work is to draw attention of scholars and policy makers to this syndrome . all canonical results 1992 2004 very strongly proved that unless abject poverty and female illiteracy are not urgently reduced fertility will not decline . this is also necessary for demographic transition . this study being both theoretical and empirical synthesizing and policy oriented thus has made a seminal and path breaking contribution to demography population studies geography economics and social sciences .