| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 465 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The prelude. The tale of greater Bengal : people, polity and progress / Aparajita Chattopadhyay, Mayanka Ambade and Saswata Ghosh -- Demography of Bengal from a historical perspective / Nahid Kamal -- Fertility and family planning : how far the pattern varies?. Explaining fertility decline in greater Bengal : a spatial approach / Pallabi Das and Zakir Husain -- Contraception among Bengalese : pattern, preferences and practicality / T.K. Roy and A.K. Roy -- Determinants of high-risk childbearing and high-risk pregnancy in Bangladesh / Sumaiya Abedin and Dharma Arunachalam -- Acceptability, uptake and safety of post-partum intrauterine contraceptive device : a case study / Parnamita Bhattacharya, Keluosenuo Linyu and Somajita Chakraborty -- Infertility and surrogacy : returning a favour?. Wombs for money : commercial surrogacy through Kolkata's window / Ritika Mukherjee and T.V. Sekher -- Understanding infertility treatment and policy invisibilization in the context of India's surrogacy law : notes from Kolkata and its suburb / Pragna Paramita Mondal -- In vitro fertilization : a case study in Kolkata, India / Suparna Banerjee and Anshu Baranwal -- Son preference : endangered daughters?. Son preference and Hindu-Muslim fertility differentials in "ultra-low" fertility context in Kolkata, India / Saswata Ghosh and Nandini Ghosh -- Religion, contraceptive method mix and son preference among Bengali-speaking community in Indian subcontinent : a long view / Saswata Ghosh, Santosh Kumar Sharma, Noyonika Das and Aparajita Chattopadhyay -- Desire for additional children and the accompanying sex preference : a comparative study between West Bengal and Bangladesh / Rahul Rajak, Debashree Sinha and Subrata Lahiri -- Understanding the preference to have more sons among Hindu and Muslim women : a case study from North Dinajpur District of West Bengal / Atreyee Sinha and Faujdar Ram -- Public health : getting better?. Socio-economic determinants of neonatal and post-neonatal mortality : a study of Bengali-speaking community in eastern India and Bangladesh / Zakir Husain and Santosh Kumar Sharma -- Shifting trend in cause of maternal mortality : a pathway to examine obstetric transition in West Bengal / Md Ilias Kanchan Sk, Balram Paswan and Tapan Kumar Naskar -- Socio-economic and demographic factors associated with maternal healthcare-seeking behaviour in Bangladesh : a comparative analysis / Gaylan Peyari Tarannum Dana and Sanjit Roy -- Exploring the cost of delay in getting treatment for mental illness / Mosammat Nazma Khatun and Khadijatul Kobra -- Undernutrition : policy priority?. Inequality in childhood stunting among the Bengali-speaking population in India and Bangladesh / Kajori Banerjee and Laxmi Kant Dwivedi -- Risk factors and spatial variation of stunting among under-fives in Bangladesh : challenges to reach the sustainable development goal / Unnati Rani Saha, Bart van den Boom and Jan Hendrik Richardus -- Migration and urbanisation : in search of a better life?. Out-migration from West Bengal : measuring the economic consequences both at the source and destination / S. Irudaya Rajan and Pinak Sarkar -- Context of mobility among the cross-border undocumented Bangladeshi migrants in Kolkata, India / Ankita Siddhanta and S.K. Singh -- Falling population growth and subsequent land use pattern : a study of Kolkata / Ankit Sikarwar -- Immigration and Bengali population in Assam : evidence from direct and indirect demographic estimation / Nandita Saikia, Apala Saha, Jayanta Kumar Bora and William Joe -- Deprivation in urban neighbourhoods of Kolkata : a sustainable livelihood approach / Tanusree Dutta and R.B. Bhagat -- Policy highlights. Some relevant issues in population programmes in West Bengal and Bangladesh / T.K. Roy and Abbas Bhuiya |
| Summary |
"This book highlights historical and current perspectives on population issues in the Bengali-speaking states of India (i.e., West Bengal, Tripura, Assam) and Bangladesh and explores three core population dynamics: fertility, mortality-morbidity and development. Furthermore, it presents a selection of revealing cases from area-specific micro-studies, mainly conducted in West Bengal and Bangladesh. The book covers various demographic and health issues in these two regions, which are similar in terms of several sociocultural aspects, yet dissimilar in terms of their policies and programs. Adopting an integrated approach that combines various disciplines and perspectives, it explores highly topical issues such as social inequality, religious difference and mental health. The book is intended for a broad readership interested in population studies, sociology and development, including academics, researchers, planners and policymakers."-- EBSCOhost resource page, viewed February 22, 2022 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (EBSCOhost, viewed February 22, 2022) |
| Subject |
Development studies.
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Social issues & processes.
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Population & demography.
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Social Science -- General.
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Social Science -- Sociology -- General.
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Social Science -- Demography.
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Population
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| SUBJECT |
West Bengal (India) -- Population
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Bangladesh -- Population
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Bangladesh
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India -- West Bengal
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chattopadhyay, Aparajita, editor.
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Ghosh, Saswata, editor.
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| ISBN |
9789811530456 |
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9811530459 |
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