Abstract
To compare the fertility levels of Muslim Caste and Schedule Caste Hindus in East Pakistan the ratio of children aged 0-9 to currently married and ever-married women aged 20-39 is used as the fertility index. The unadjusted and adjusted mean child to ever married woman ratios are 2.82 and 2.89 for Muslims 2.74 and 2.82 for Caste Hindus 2.53 and 2.59 for Schedule Caste Hindus. The difference between Muslims and Schedule Caste Hindus is statistically significant (p. less than .05). The higher fertility of the Muslims might be due to a higher proportion of extended marital experience higher infant mortality unfavorable attitudes to family planning and less ritual abstinence than among the Schedule Caste. The lower fertility of the Schedule Caste Hindus may be due to its higher mortality at younger ages reduced fertility due to malnutrition or dietary habits undercounting of children higher proportion married and adherence to traditional Hindo norms.
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