title: Implications of changes in family dynamics in India: 1971-1988.
abstract: "This paper examines the implications of demographic transition...on kinship relationships in India during 1971-1988. Three simulations based on the schedules of fertility and mortality of India during 1971, 1981, and 1988 have been undertaken. The kinship size constitutes parents, grand parents, siblings (brothers and sisters) and children.  Improved mortality condition has increased the percentage of kins in ancestor generation. The percentage of kins in ancestor generation was 15 percent in 1988 as compared to 8.5 percent in 1971.... The increase in the percent of kins in ancestor generation and the support ratio obviously shows the aging of the population."
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001723:Birth Rate; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005195:Family Relations; D005298:Fertility; D007194:India; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009026:Mortality; D009679:Nuclear Family; D010290:Parents; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research
keywords: Asia; Demographic Aging; Demographic Factors; Demographic Transition; Developing Countries; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Relationships; Family Size; Fertility; Fertility Decline; India; Kinship Networks; Models, Theoretical; Mortality; Mortality Decline; Parents; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Siblings; Southern Asia