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Explaining the fertility puzzle in Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.authorWijesekere, Gaminiratne (Gamini)
dc.contributor.authorArunachalam, Dharma
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T23:11:12Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.date.updated2015-12-10T09:20:43Z
dc.description.abstractFertility transition in Sri Lanka began in the mid-1960s and the declining trend continued over the decades. The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) of 2000 showed the total fertility rate (TFR) reaching 1.9 births per woman, a level below replacement fertility. The next DHS of 2006/7 showed a TFR of 2.3. Some have interpreted this pattern as indicating a reversal of the fertility transition. This paper casts doubts on the below-replacement fertility revealed in the 2000 survey.
dc.identifier.issn0021-9320
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/63714
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.sourceJournal of Biosocial Science
dc.titleExplaining the fertility puzzle in Sri Lanka
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage8
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1
local.contributor.affiliationWijesekere, Gaminiratne (Gamini), College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationArunachalam, Dharma, Monash University
local.contributor.authoruidWijesekere, Gaminiratne (Gamini), u5111036
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor160302 - Fertility
local.identifier.absseo970116 - Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9406909xPUB839
local.identifier.citationvolumeonline February 2015
local.identifier.doi10.1017/S0021932015000012
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84921850586
local.type.statusPublished Version

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