A population out of control?: Myths about Muslim fertility in contemporary India
This paper describes and criticizes myths about the scale and causes of fertility differentials between Hindus and Muslims in India. These ideas, associated with Hindu nationalist organizations, also have a more general common-sense quality. The paper challenges these views by examining how demograp...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier Science
2002
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World development
Year: 2002, Volume: 30, Issue: 10, Pages: 1805-1822 |
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Empirical experience
B Socioeconomic change B Religious identity B Fertility B Population development B Einflussgröße B Cause B Religion B Population group B Muslim B India |
| Summary: | This paper describes and criticizes myths about the scale and causes of fertility differentials between Hindus and Muslims in India. These ideas, associated with Hindu nationalist organizations, also have a more general common-sense quality. The paper challenges these views by examining how demographers have addressed Hindu-Muslim fertility differences, considering the impact of regional differences, variations in socioeconomic position, and occupation. (DSE/DÜI) |
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| ISSN: | 0305-750X |
| Contains: | In: World development
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