AN INQUIRY INTO THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS ADDITIONAL CHILD AMONG THE SINGPHOS OF ASSAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH

Ashwini Machey

Volume : VI, Issue : XII, December - 2016

AN INQUIRY INTO THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS ADDITIONAL CHILD AMONG THE SINGPHOS OF ASSAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH

Ashwini Machey

Abstract :

The fertility performance of a couple depends on their attitude to have a child or not. If a couple has favourable attitude towards an additional child, it will increase the fertility performance of that couple and unfavourable attitude reduces fertility performance. Fertility performance of a population depends upon the socio–cultural–economic and demographic characteristics of a population. Thus, the prevailing socio–cultural practices, economic and demographic characteristics of the population influence the couples‘ attitude towards an additional child and thereby the fertility performance of the population. The study is based on primary data. Data were collected through personal interview with the help of structured interview schedule from 825 ever married Singpho women of the reproductive age – group (15 – 45 years). Binomial logit regression model is used to explain the attitude towards addition child of the Singpho wife who had at least one living child. Findings indicate that the wife‘s labour force participation, nature of husband occupation, religiosity, opium consumption (either husband or wife), family types were the influential predictors of desire for additional children. ABSTRACT