ANALYSIS OF BIRTH INTERVALS IN A NON-CONTRACEPTING INDIAN POPULATION: AN EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGICAL APPROACH

Dilip C. Nath · Donna Lockwood Leonetti · Matthew S. Steele

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Reproductive strategies are related to ecological constraints. This paper examines data on early birth spacing in a scheduled caste, Bengali-speaking, non-contracepting population of the Karimganj district of southern Assam, India, taking an evolutionary ecological perspective. It is found that on average birth intervals closed by boy-boy are longer than those closed by girl-girl. Birth spacing tends to be longer among upper-income and Craftsman sub-caste mothers. The presence of a 'grandmother' in the household shortens spacing. These findings are compatible with an evolutionary-based reproductive decision-making process.

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