Artha Vijnana: Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics

Vaijayanti Bhate , K. Sivaswamy Srikantan

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The present survey in Nasik district is the last but one survey in the series of evaluation surveys conducted by the Population Research Centre (PRC), Gokhale Institute, Pune in the five socio-ecological regions of Maharashtra State. Two districts each from the Konkan region (Kolaba and Ratnagiri districts), Vidarbha region (Nagpur and Yeotmal districts), Maharathwada region (Bhir and Aurangabad districts) and Western Maharashtra southern region (Sangli and Satara districts) have already been covered in the past few years. Nasik district belongs to the northern part of Western Maharashtra region.

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Kumudini Dandekar , Vaijayanti Bhate , Jeroo Coyaji , Surekha Nikam

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It is a common view that something is wrong with the family planning programme in India. This is because the birth rate in India persisted at its high level even after the efforts of the first three five-year plans (i.e. till 1966) to bring it down. Even in 1972 the estimate of birth rate is 36.4 as given by Sample Registration Scheme.

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Vaijayanti Bhate

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THE incidence of widowhood observed in a population is mainly the outcome of the level of mortality experienced and the marrying habits prevailing in the population. Decline in mortality and increase in age at marriage are two of the factors which lead to a decline in the incidence of widowhood. These two factors are examined in this paper on a comparative basis.

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Vaijayanti Bhate , Sulabha Brahme

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Measurment of economic level of living forms an important part of the family living studies. Dietary haibits and the nutritional value of food, standard of clothing, type of housing, possession of durable article, etc. are the various aspects of the measurement of level of living.

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Vaijayanti Bhate

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In a noncontraceptor population fertility of various groups differs due to differences in age-compositions and marryiag habits. The effect of differences in marrying habits gets eliminated in the study of marital fertility. In the present paper the object is to analyse the differentials in marital fertility.

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Vaijayanti Bhate

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Rate of incidence of widowhood at a given age is the chance that a married woman of that age becomes a widow. This is given by the proportion of widowed women at the given age among the total number of women exposed to the risk of widowhood at that age. A woman reported to be married at present is exposed to the risk of widowhood from her age at marriage, while a widow is exposed to the risk of widowhood only for the period from her marriage to her age at. widowhood. Further, if a widow remarries she is again exposed to the risk of widowhood from her age at remarriage till she is widowed again. Such remarried women may pose problems somewhat different from the problems of the once-married.

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