Reproductive behaviour in Pakistan: insights from the population, labour force, and migration survey, 1979-80.

Abstract

The PLM project was multipurpose in character, with the major objective of identifying the set of factors bearing upon the productive and reproductive decisions of the household. To operationalize the objectives, a set of 4 questionnaires dealing with the labour force, household income and expenditure, migration, and fertility was administered to a nationally representative sample of 11 000 households in July-December 1979. The data thus collected not only present a unique opportunity to understand the nature of relationships between a variety of factors and fertility but also permit a comparison of fertility levels, trends, and differentials with the findings of earlier surveys, such as the Pakistan Fertility Survey. Comments by M.A.Khan.-from Authors