1. The Integrative Potential of a Fertility Model: An Analytical Test.
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Namboodiri, N. Krishnan
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HUMAN fertility ,HUMAN reproduction ,FERTILITY ,HYPOTHESIS ,DEMOGRAPHY ,BIRTH control - Abstract
In an earlier paper in this Journal this author presented a working model of marital fertility. The present paper examines how far that model is capable of serving as a `binder' for the diverse analytical hypotheses and interpretative schemes flow available in the literature on marital fertility differentials. More specifically, this paper attempts to identify the underlying explanatory factors and principles of a number of analytical hypotheses concerning fertility differentials and tests covered by the working model presented in the earlier paper. Although it cannot be claimed that this paper presents an exhaustive review of the explanatory analysis of human fertility, the results of the present exercise indicate that the working model in question is capable of serving as a `binder' for most of the important analytical hypotheses and interpretative schemes so far advanced by fertility research workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1972
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