title: Projecting average family size in rural India by the analytic hierarchy process.
abstract: "In this study, cultural, economic as well as certain crucial demographic factors are considered as the determinants for projecting the average family size in rural India.... The Analytic Hierarchy Process [is used] to analyze influences of the factors which enter implicitly in a rural couple's decision-making to determine the number of children they want to have as time goes by.  [The authors] did not attempt to make distinctions among the regional differences in rural India.  The outcome projected in [this] analysis compares favorably with the results of other demographic studies."
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Saaty
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001519:Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005298:Fertility; D005544:Forecasting; D007194:India; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012424:Rural Population; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Asia; Behavior; Comparative Studies; Decision Making; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Estimation Technics; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Size; Family Size, Average; Family Size, Ideal; Fertility; India; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Population Projection; Research Methodology; Rural Population; Southern Asia