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© Kamla-Raj 2004 J. Hum. Ecol., 16(2): 119-123 (2004)
Fertility Performance of a Tea Working Population of Dibrugarh District,
Assam Rekha Das
1. Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University, Guwahati 781 014, Assam, India 2. Pragjyotish College, Guwahati, Assam, India
Keywords Fertility. Menarche. Marriage. Pregnancy. Menopause
Abstract The present paper deals with the fertility performance of 249 women working in the tea industry. The tea garden where these women are working is called Rajgarh Tea Estate, in the district of Dibrugarh, Assam. These women are mainly engaged as waged labourer for plucking tea leaves. The women considered for the present study are classified age specifically into eight different groups. The fertility performances of these women have been studied age specifically. Biological as well as socio-cultural factors are considered to see its influence on fertility. Age at marriage, age at first childbirth, birth interval, pregnancy wastage and age at menopause are the biological factors; while education and occupations are the social factors that have been considered for the present study.
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