Uttar Pradesh and Assam will do well to study population trends before pursuing two-child norm
The National Family Health Survey has shown that fertility of a Muslim woman in Tamil Nadu is lower than that of a Hindu woman in Bihar. Policies are needed to promote female literacy and employment
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Indiaâs young demography has been considered to be its structural advantage. Half the population is below the age of 27. Of course, there are poorer African countries whose median age is much lower. For example, it is 14.8 years for Niger, 15.8 for Uganda, 19.7 for Kenya. Indiaâs own median age in 1970 when it was much poorer, was just 19.3 years.