Population Dynamics in Eastern India and Bangladesh: Demographic, Health and Developmental Issues

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Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 The Tale of Greater Bengal: People, Polity and Progress  (Aparajita Chattopadhyay, Mayanka Ambade, Saswata Ghosh)....Pages 3-27
 Demography of Bengal from a Historical Perspective  (Nahid Kamal)....Pages 29-46
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 Explaining Fertility Decline in Greater Bengal: A Spatial Approach  (Pallabi Das, Zakir Husain)....Pages 49-69
 Contraception among Bengalese: Pattern, Preferences and Practicality  (T. K. Roy, A. K. Roy)....Pages 71-90
 Determinants of High-Risk Childbearing and High-Risk Pregnancy in Bangladesh  (Sumaiya Abedin, Dharma Arunachalam)....Pages 91-104
 Acceptability, Uptake and Safety of Post-partum Intrauterine Contraceptive Device: A Case Study  (Parnamita Bhattacharya, Keluosenuo Linyu, Somajita Chakraborty)....Pages 105-113
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 Wombs for Money: Commercial Surrogacy Through Kolkata’s Window  (Ritika Mukherjee, T. V. Sekher)....Pages 117-132
 Understanding Infertility Treatment and Policy Invisibilization in the Context of India’s Surrogacy Law: Notes from Kolkata and its Suburb  (Pragna Paramita Mondal)....Pages 133-147
 In Vitro Fertilization: A Case Study in Kolkata, India  (Suparna Banerjee, Anshu Baranwal)....Pages 149-159
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 Son Preference and Hindu–Muslim Fertility Differentials in ‘Ultra-low’ Fertility Context in Kolkata, India  (Saswata Ghosh, Nandini Ghosh)....Pages 163-182
 Religion, Contraceptive Method Mix and Son Preference among Bengali-Speaking Community in Indian Subcontinent: A Long View  (Saswata Ghosh, Santosh Kumar Sharma, Noyonika Das, Aparajita Chattopadhyay)....Pages 183-207
 Desire for Additional Children and the Accompanying Sex Preference: A Comparative Study Between West Bengal and Bangladesh  (Rahul Rajak, Debashree Sinha, Subrata Lahiri)....Pages 209-225
 Understanding the Preference to Have More Sons among Hindu and Muslim Women: A Case Study from North Dinajpur District of West Bengal  (Atreyee Sinha, Faujdar Ram)....Pages 227-239
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 Socio-economic Determinants of Neonatal and Post-neonatal Mortality: A Study of Bengali-Speaking Community in Eastern India and Bangladesh  (Zakir Husain, Santosh Kumar Sharma)....Pages 243-261
 Shifting Trend in Cause of Maternal Mortality: A Pathway to Examine Obstetric Transition in West Bengal  (Md Illias Kanchan Sk, Balram Paswan, Tapan Kumar Naskar)....Pages 263-274
 Socio-economic and Demographic Factors Associated with Maternal Healthcare-Seeking Behaviour in Bangladesh: A Comparative Analysis  (Gaylan Peyari Tarannum Dana, Sanjit Roy)....Pages 275-291
 Exploring the Cost of Delay in Getting Treatment for Mental Illness  (Mosammat Nazma Khatun, Khadijatul Kobra)....Pages 293-302
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 Inequality in Childhood Stunting among the Bengali-Speaking Population in India and Bangladesh  (Kajori Banerjee, Laxmi Kant Dwivedi)....Pages 305-322
 Risk Factors and Spatial Variation of Stunting among Under-Fives in Bangladesh: Challenges to Reach the Sustainable Development Goal  (Unnati Rani Saha, Bart van den Boom, Jan Hendrik Richardus)....Pages 323-345
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 Out-Migration from West Bengal: Measuring the Economic Consequences Both at the Source and Destination  (S. Irudaya Rajan, Pinak Sarkar)....Pages 349-366
 Context of Mobility Among the Cross-border Undocumented Bangladeshi Migrants in Kolkata, India  (Ankita Siddhanta, S. K. Singh)....Pages 367-382
 Falling Population Growth and Subsequent Land Use Pattern: A Study of Kolkata  (Ankit Sikarwar)....Pages 383-392
 Immigration and Bengali Population in Assam: Evidence from Direct and Indirect Demographic Estimation  (Nandita Saikia, Apala Saha, Jayanta Kumar Bora, William Joe)....Pages 393-416
 Deprivation in Urban Neighbourhoods of Kolkata: A Sustainable Livelihood Approach  (Tanusree Dutta, R. B. Bhagat)....Pages 417-431
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 Some Relevant Issues in Population Programmes in West Bengal and Bangladesh  (T. K. Roy, Abbas Bhuiya)....Pages 435-460
Back Matter ....Pages 461-465