{"product_id":"9780761932925","title":"Fertility Transition in South India","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book documents the various phases of fertility transition in India. It argues that this transition is best understood as the cumulative effect of behavioural changes - such as delay in marriage and use of contraceptives - which over time has altered social perceptions on fertility. The authors argue that going beyond the formal tools of demography and adopting a qualitative approach would help in understanding the social mechanisms that sustain the diffusion of new family norms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA strength of the book is its development of an original geographical information system based on the census data from the micro-level. This system maps variations across regions within South India and within each state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristophe Z Guilmoto is Senior Fellow at the French Research Institute for Development (IRD), Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eS Irudaya Rajan is Associate Professor, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019134124272,"sku":"9780761932925","price":117.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780761932925_p0.jpg?v=1763661749","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780761932925","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}