Retherford, Robert D.; Thapa, Shyam - 2003
The objectives of this paper are, first, to provide improved estimates of recent fertility levels and trend in Nepal … and, second, to analyze the components of fertility change. The analysis is based on data from Nepal's 1996 and 2001 … Demographic and Health Surveys. The first part of the analysis assesses the quality of the data from the 1996 and 2001 Nepal …