Research Article

Biological and Social Determinants of Fertility Behaviour among the Jat Women of Haryana State, India

Table 5

Impact of education, occupation, per capita household income, use of birth control measures, and family type on fertility.

WomenMean conceptionMean live birth value

Education
 Literate26.54.294.150.04
 Illiterate73.54.573.8
Occupation
 Agriculturalists47.84.33.840.418
 Home makers52.24.423.92
Household per capita annual income
 Less than 1000014.34.543.950.901
 10000–5000033.554.474.06
 50001–10000021.464.434.1
 100001–20000015.214.514.06
 More than 20000015.474.333.93
Birth control measures
 Yes61.94.384.020.129
 No38.14.714.16
Family type
 Nuclear41.14.363.880.005
 Joint58.94.554.17