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THE DISTRIBUTION OF CONSECUTIVE CLOSED BIRTH INTERVALS IN FEMALES IN UTTAR PRADESH

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2006

R. C. YADAVA
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh, India
S. S. SHARMA
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh, India

Summary.

Most studies of closed birth intervals are regarding their variation at specific orders among females. This paper attempts to study the nature of the distributions of consecutive closed birth intervals. Data from the Uttar Pradesh National Family Health Survey 1998–99 (NFHS-2) were analysed. It was found that, under certain assumptions, the postpartum amenorrhoea period and menstruating interval are negatively associated, indicating that socio-cultural factors are affecting the menstruating interval.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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