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| Article Name : | | | REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE AND SOCIOECONOMIC CORRELATES AMONG THE BENGALI MUSLIM WOMEN OF CACHAR DISTRICT, ASSAM, INDIA | | Author Name : | | | A.F. GULENUR ISLAM BARBHUIYA AND REKHA DAS | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-2153 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | The present paper intends to study the fertility performance of 151 ever married Bengali Muslim women of Bhaurikandi Part-II and Ganganagar Part-I village of Cachar district, Assam. The data have been collected by household census followed by interview method among the women who have at least one live birth and falls between 15-49 years of age. The study reveals that mean conception, live birth and pregnancy wastage of the Bengali Muslim women are 4.38, 4.19 and 0.22 respectively. Mean pregnancy is high in those women who got married before 18 years (4.86). Average conception is found to be high (4.85) in consanguineous marriages. Mean pregnancy is high among illiterate (5.25) and non working women (4.40). Annual family income shows a low positive correlation with pregnancy but it is (mean) low in highest income category (3.97). Fertility rate is low among the women who live in joint families (3.61). | | Keywords : | | - Family Income and Family Type,
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