Population And Society In India

This book is a useful attempt of the author to fill the gap on demographic knowledge in India. It covers some important areas of the discipline of population studies such as population situation in South Asia, South India, the early age at marriage, tradition versus modernity, status of women or changing roles and status of women, population education in relation to population growth in India, the demographic transition of different rural, tribal, backward and weaker sections of society, some important aspects dealing with family planning and health areas. This book also serves a useful purpose of filling the gap of the qualitative research in population studies which is dominated by quantitative research methodologies. The complimentary role of qualitative research in addition to quantitative techniques in explaining the demographic and socio-economic and cultural phenomenon and their inter-relationships in the field of population research is being stressed in this book as there is potential need to fill the qualitative components for better and wholistic understanding of the same phenomenon. This book will help to some extent to be a well informed person on Indian demographic situation to the readers in general. This will be a source of knowledge and a resource book in the discipline of population studies for academicians, University teachers and researchers, administrators, programme personnel, executives, field functionaries and other general readers who are involved in solving the gingatic and number one national population problem in different capacities in India.