Rural Agricultural Change and Fertility Transition in Nepal

Autor/inn/en	Bhandari, Prem; Ghimire, Dirgha
Titel	Rural Agricultural Change and Fertility Transition in Nepal
Quelle	In: Rural Sociology, 78 (2013) 2, S.229-252 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-0112
DOI	10.1111/ruso.12007
Schlagwörter	Correlation; Agricultural Laborers; Foreign Countries; Population Growth; Rural Farm Residents; Longitudinal Studies; Birth; Agricultural Machinery; Statistical Analysis; Multivariate Analysis; Nepal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Korrelation; Agricultural labourers; Landarbeiter; Ausland; Population increase; Bevölkerungswachstum; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Geburt; Agriculture; Machinery; Machines; Landwirtschaft; Technik; Landmaschine; Landwirtschaftliche Technik; Statistische Analyse; Multivariate Analyse
Abstract	Using longitudinal panel data from the Western Chitwan Valley of Nepal, this study examines the impact of the use of modern farm technologies on fertility transition--specifically, the number of births in a farm household. Previous explanations for the slow pace of fertility transition in rural agricultural settings often argued that the demand for farm labor is the primary driver of high fertility. If this argument holds true, the use of modern farm technologies that are designed to carry out labor-intensive farm activities ought to substitute for farm labor and discourage births in farm families. However, little empirical evidence is available on the potential influence of the use of modern farm technologies on the fertility transition. To fill this gap, the panel data examined in this study provide an unusual opportunity to test this long-standing, but unexplored, argument. The results demonstrate that the use of modern farm technologies, particularly the use of a tractor and other modern farm implements, reduce subsequent births in farm households. This offers important insight for understanding the fertility transition in Nepal, a setting that is experiencing high population growth and rapidly changing farming practices. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10