The Demographic and Development Divide in India A District-Level Ana
This book is the first-ever volume which provides comprehensive information on demographic, health and development at the level of 640 districts in India. Central and state governments, developmental organizations, national and international NGOs and rese
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ographic and Development Divide in India A District-Level Analyses
The Demographic and Development Divide in India
Sanjay K. Mohanty • Udaya S. Mishra Rajesh K. Chauhan Editors
The Demographic and Development Divide in India A District-Level Analyses
Editors Sanjay K. Mohanty International Institute for Population Sciences Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Udaya S. Mishra Centre for Development Studies Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Rajesh K. Chauhan Planning Department Directorate of Economics & Statistics Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
ISBN 978-981-13-5819-7 ISBN 978-981-13-5820-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5820-3
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Foreword
Recent decades have witnessed the bridging of data gaps in key dimensions of human development. Large-scale population-based surveys, such as the National Family and Health Survey 4, 2015–2016, the District Level Household Surveys, and the Census of India, have facilitated the availability of robust estimates of social, economic, and demographic variables in the districts of India. Though much of this information is obtainable from varying sources, it has not been comprehensively explored and compiled in one place to comment on the regional facets and clustering of outcomes. This book serves as a compilation of a wide range of demographic and developmental indicators at the district level that is useful for researchers and policy-makers to examine the regional perspective on the one hand and developmental clustering on the other. This book is an endeavor of three senior editors and a number of young r
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