Beeinflussung der Geburtenrate durch Heiratsalter, Sterblichkeitsrate der Kinder, soziale Bedeutung der Kinder in der Gesellschaft und ihre Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten, Berufstätigkeit der Frauen bzw. der Mütter, sozial-ökonomische Auswirkungen der Elektrifizierung, Urbanisierungsgrad und...

Pakistan is passing through an early stage of fertility transition. The slow-paced transition has been analysed in an earlier study done by Sathar and Casterline (1998), which concludes that the increase in the levels of prevalence has accelerated the fertility transition in Pakistan and as a...

The findings of an earlier study revealed that generally, even those women who were considered to be empowered, were actually constrained to exercise fertility control behaviour. It was hypothesised that socio-cultural influences are much too strong to yield any bearing on the decision-making...