Regional Fertility Transition in India: An Analysis Using Synthetic Parity Progression Ratios

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="358409.fig.005a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijpr/volume-2012/358409/figures/358409.fig.005a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Mean first birth interval (age 10 to first birth) in months</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="358409.fig.005b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijpr/volume-2012/358409/figures/358409.fig.005b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Mean second birth interval in months</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="358409.fig.005c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijpr/volume-2012/358409/figures/358409.fig.005c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Mean third birth interval in months</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><img alt="358409.fig.005d" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijpr/volume-2012/358409/figures/358409.fig.005d.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(d) </b>Mean fourth birth interval in months</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="e"><td><img alt="358409.fig.005e" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijpr/volume-2012/358409/figures/358409.fig.005e.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(e) </b>Mean fifth birth interval in months</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Mean birth intervals (in months) by region, India, 1977–2004.</table>

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