Fertility Gap and Religion
New evidence from the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS), conducted in 2015-16 shows that the fertility gap between Hindus and Muslims has narrowed for the first time in many decades.
Total Fertility Rate>
- A widely used measure of fertility levels is the ‘total fertility rate’, or the average number of children a woman will have in her lifetime.
- According to the 2005-06 NFHS, this figure was 3.4 children for Muslims and 2.6 children for Hindus, or a fertility gap of 30.8%.
- Latest NFHS data shows that this gap has narrowed to 23.8% in 2015-16, a difference of half a ....
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