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Until the 1990s, Tibetan studies was dominated by historians, religious scholars, and philologists. The occasional anthropologist who attended these seminars usually worked in the ethnically Tibetan borderlands of Nepal and India, or among the refugee communities of South Asia. Representatives of other disciplines, notably demography, sociology, geography, economics, and political science,...
The findings presented here are the result of a detailed analysis of the couple adopting various forms of contraceptive devices. All the information collected during the field research activity of the Family Health Project, IOM under UNFPA fund is supplemented by additional information on family types, contraception history, etc. An attempt has been made in analysing the determinants of...
The author examines infant and child mortality differentials in rural Nepal by geographic regions and socio-economic characteristics, which are known to have significant bearing on infant and child mortality. Geographic regions may not fully explain differentials in infant and child mortality. Apart from differences in climatic conditions, the differentials in fact may be manifestations of the...
The preparation of a sectorial account of rural and urban growth of population of Nepal is beset by problems of data and definitions. The earliest source on population by localities is the 1952/54 census. The localities identified as urban in the 1961 census do not tally with those identified in the 1952/4 census and the 1971 census urban localities do not tally with those of 1961. The 1981...
Despite efforts made by both governmental and non-governmental sectors and the involvement of a large amount of expenditure (Rs 652 million 1967-8 to 1983-4) in promoting birth control services, the results of the last two nationally representative sample surveys were not very encouraging. The Nepal Fertility Survey conducted in 1976 showed about 22 percent currently married women of...
In recent years the urban population of Nepal living in places of 10,000 population and more increased by 116.5% and grew at a rate of 8.03% per annum, compared to an 2.39% annual growth rate for the rest of the country. Socio-economically, much of this urban populace will be marginalised and many will end up in squatter settlements.
Squatting is a complex issue encompassing a variety...
Population ageing normally refers to an increase in the proportion of population aged 60 (or 65) years. Although ageing is defined in terms of specific age, the underlying concern is the functional state of senior individuals rather than their chronological age. The issue is rather concerned with the old-age disabilities and that one's condition as aged depends on personal health, sex,...
Fertility decline occurs in various sociocultural, and economic contexts, mediated by the "proximate" factors. Generally context is more complex to understand and its role more difficult to identify than the influence of proximate factors. In order to understand context, McNicoll (1975,1980, 1994) underscores the need to examine institutions that encourage or discourage high levels of...
In recent years, increasing attention has been given to improving women's status and enhancing their roles in the process of socio-economic development. Various dimensions related to these issues are being explored. One prominent school of thought has investigated the linkage between women's status their reproductive behaviour and holds that as inequalities between the sexes diminish, the...
Previous studies have shown the influence of social transformations such as urbanisation, education and income on the first birth interval. These researchers have argued that such social transformations provide more autonomy to young boys and girls in the late selection process. These changes could facilitate quicker intimacy among couples. Linking conjugal intimacy to coital frequency through...
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