title: Ethnic variation in fertility of Barpeta district:  a demographic study.
abstract: "The present paper is aimed at investigating the ethnic differentials in respect of the effects of different socio-economic and demographic characteristics upon fertility among four major ethnic groups of people [in the Barpeta district of Assam, India]."
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Deka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Choudhury
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D005006:Ethnicity; D005298:Fertility; D007194:India; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Asia; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Differential Fertility; Economic Factors; Ethnic Groups; Fertility; Fertility Determinants; India; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Socioeconomic Factors; Southern Asia