title: Fertility decline and gender preference--an experience of Kerala.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramakumar
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Devi
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001208:Asia; D001519:Behavior; D001723:Birth Rate; D003267:Contraception; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005006:Ethnicity; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005195:Family Relations; D005298:Fertility; D006285:Health Planning; D018596:Hinduism; D007194:India; D009679:Nuclear Family; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011584:Psychology; D012067:Religion; D012424:Rural Population; D012723:Sex; D012923:Social Class; D012945:Social Values; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013245:Sterilization, Reproductive
keywords: Acceptors; Age Factors; Asia; Behavior; Contraception; Contraceptive Usage; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Employment--women; Ethnic Groups; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Planning; Family Planning Programs; Family Relationships; Family Size; Family Size, Desired; Family Size, Ideal; Fertility Decline; Fertility--changes; Hinduism; India; Macroeconomic Factors; Method Acceptability; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Psychological Factors; Religion; Rural Population; Sex Preference; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Sons; Southern Asia; Sterilization, Sexual; Value Orientation