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Citation

Dharmalingam, Arunachalam & Morgan, S. Philip (2004). Pervasive Muslim-Hindu Fertility Differences in India. Demography, 41(3), 529-545.

Abstract

Using the 1993 Indian Family and Health Survey, we examined Muslim-Hindu differences in (1) the parity-specific intent to have another child and (2) given a stated intent for no more children, reports of the current use of contraceptives. We found that Muslims are much more likely than Hindus to intend to have additional children and, among those who do not want more children, Muslims are much less likely than Hindus to use contraceptives. These findings are robust to model specification and pervasive across the states of India. This national study provides the context within which local studies should be enmeshed and begs for general (as opposed to place-specific) explanations for these pervasive differences.

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/dem.2004.0020

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2004

Journal Title

Demography

Author(s)

Dharmalingam, Arunachalam
Morgan, S. Philip