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Fertility of islanders off the northern coast of Sri Lanka

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Dallas F.S. Fernando
Dallas F.S. Fernando
Affiliation:
Marga Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Summary

This paper explores factors affecting the fertility of islanders off the north coast of Sri Lanka, the centre of concentration of the Sri Lanka Tamils. The variables contributing most to the fertility variation among Grama Sevaka divisions, are the proportions of elderly in the population, of females employed to total employed, and of females aged 5–14 attending school. Overall, however, only 43% of the total fertility variation is explained, considerably less than in other Sri Lanka areas studied.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , October 1983 , pp. 433 - 439
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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