Indirect Estimation of Net Reproduction Rates for the Districts of Selected States of India

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Rajan Sarma
Department of Statistics, Darrang College, India
Labananda Choudhury
Department of Statistics, Gauhati University, India

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The growth of a population being a function of both fertility and mortality, Net Reproduction Rate (NRR) is a more appropriate index of the extent to which population stabilization is attained. In India, due to incomplete registration of births and deaths direct estimation of fertility and mortality measures are not possible. The Sample Registration System (SRS) is the main source of fertility estimates at the state level, but does not provide district level estimates. However, a few researchers have used different techniques to estimate fertility rates at the district level using census data, but possibly due to the absence of reliable mortality information, none attempted to estimate the NRR. The present study attempts to estimate the NRR for the districts of some selected states of India, by using generated one parameter model female life tables of these states (based on SRS data) from estimated female life expectancy at birth. It is found that Barmer district of Rajasthan has the highest NRR while Kolkata of West Bengal has the lowest NRR among the districts of the selected states.

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Sarma, R., & Choudhury, L. (2016). Indirect Estimation of Net Reproduction Rates for the Districts of Selected States of India. Journal of Population and Social Studies [JPSS], 21(2), 171–188. Retrieved from https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jpss/article/view/71982
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Vol. 21 No. 2 (2013): January - June
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Rajan Sarma, Department of Statistics, Darrang College, India

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