Rural-Urban Fertility Differentials: 1975

Rural-urban fertility differentials: 1975.

Data was drawn primarily from the Pakistan Fertility Survey (PFS) conducted on a sample basis for the entire country in 1975 in an effort to investigate and identify any rural-urban differentials in fertility and to try to explain them in terms of socioeconomic and demographic factors. The Survey included a national random sample of 4949 ever-married women, aged 15-49 (1886 in urban areas and ...

Rural-urban differentials in consanguinity.

The Gender Wage Differentials among Rural-Urban Migrants in China∗

This paper analyzes the gender wage disparities among rural-urban migrants in urban China using a nationally representative data set. On average, female migrants earn only 66% of their male counterparts’ average hourly wage. And the gender wage gap is not uniform across migrants’ wage distribution with differentials much higher at the top end than at the bottom and the middle. The mean decompos...

Rural and Urban Differentials in Medicare Home Health Use

This article addresses whether the use of Medicare home health services differs systematically for rural and urban beneficiaries. It draws on Medicare data bases from 1983, 1985, and 1987, including the Health Insurance Skeleton Write-Off (HISKEW) files and the Home Health Agency (HHA) 40-percent Bill Skeleton files. It presents background information on rural and urban beneficiaries and contra...

Rural-urban Fertility Gap and Fertility Adaptation by Rural to Urban Migrants in Punjab: A Case of Bahawalpur District

Given the relatively slow development and less adequate management of resources, rapid growth of population in Punjab is an issue of vital concern. Significant improvement in the standard of living of its inhabitants may remain just a vision unless population growth is controlled. At the present rates, Punjab would be unable to meet the needs of its population and find jobs for those completing...