TY  - JOUR
T1  - Preference of son and reproductive profile of three endogamous tribes of Arunachal Pradesh, India
AU  - Asghar, Mohammad
AU  - Basar, Engam
AU  - Savetary, Mukhi
AU  - Nonang, Pingku
PY  - 2016
DA  - December
JF  - Eurasian Journal of Anthropology
JO  - Euras J Anthropol
PB  - ÖREN-ADRAMYTTEİON ANTİK KENTİ KÜLTÜR TURİZM VE DOĞA DERNEĞİ
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2166-7411
SP  - 29
EP  - 36
VL  - 7
IS  - 2
LA  - en
AB  - The fertility of a population is always influenced by various factors, directly or indirectly andthese factors are, however, not the same for every population. The present study is anattempt to validate the various biological and social factors including son preference thatinfluence the fertility among the three endogamous tribes of Arunachal Pradesh – Galo, Adiand Hills Miri. In together 624 ever married women were interviewed from both rural andurban areas using pre-tested schedule. It is found that one fourth of the male and one thirdof the female are marrying before the legal age at marriage among the study populations.It is higher among the rural compared to urban irrespective of gender and so the mean livebirth among the rural are higher than the urban for all the study tribes. The age at marriageand age at first conception has inverse relation with the fertility. The mean live birth is higheramong the illiterate mothers and house wife compared to literate and working mothers,respectively. The birth control users have a lower mean fertility compared to nonusers.Preference for son is observed among Galo and Hills Miri and gives an impact on fertility.Mother with lesser number of son have higher mean live birth.
KW  - son preference
KW  - fertility
KW  - Arunachal Pradesh
KW  - reproductive profile
CR  - Abelson, A. E. (1976). Altitude and fertility. Hum Biol, 48, 83–91.
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/eja/issue//619970
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/807596
ER  -