Maternal Education and its Relation with Fertility and Mortality: A Case Study among the Deoris of Assam, with Special Reference to Lakhimpur District

Abstract

Education is considered to be one of the most important variables affecting fertility behaviour and is believed

to be the single most important variable accounting for a large reduction in fertility. It is not only played a

historic role in demographic transition but still remains a significant variable affecting fertility behaviour in

present times. Therefore, this paper has attempted to study the possible relationship of maternal education

with fertility and mortality among the Deori communities and also attempted has been made to study the

wife’s attitudes towards additional children in relation with different demographic and socio-economic

variables for the same communities.