Impact of Early Marriage in Fertility among SC, ST and Tea-Tribe Communities of Dibrugarh District, Assam, India: An Analysis through Logistic Regression

Fertility corresponds to additive component of the growth of a population. Human fertility is determined by all customs, morals and habits of social groups with regard to marital obligation and life. The main objective of this paper is to examine the causes of fertility among Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Tea-Tribes communities of Dibrugarh District, Assam. Does the extent of fertility depend on caste, Family type, Socio-economic status, age of marriage. The odds of fertility being discriminated against with respect to each of these indicators are estimated by using logistic regression analysis. Analysis results that fertility of women is significantly associated with caste, family type, socio-economic status, age at marriage etc. A study reflects that fertility risk of Tea-Tribe community is more than that of other communities. In conclusion, we may suggest that to bring down the fertility among Tea-Tribes in comparison to SC and ST is to increase the educational level and age of marriage .