Abstract
Equality in socio-economic component is essential for human development and social change. Educational inequality reduces economic growth and women's empowerment on the one hand and increases birth rate on the other. In population studies, it has been established that educational level is collinearly related with demographic behaviour. This study aims to investigate inequalities in literacy rates and its impact on birth rates in Nowpara-I Gram Panchayat (GP) located in the Krishnagar II C.D. Block, Nadia District of West Bengal using a household survey conducted in 356 households among women aged 49 and above in triangulation with secondary data. The aim of this study is to explore the causes of the spatial inequalities in education and its effect on spatial variations in birth rates. The key finding suggest that in Nowpara-I, negative relationships exist between female education and birth rate because education has a positive impact on empowerment, late marriage, use of contraceptives and family size.
Highlights
The overall findings demonstrate that literacy rates and levels of education have influences the birth rates
Inequalities in literacy rates are found among different religions, castes and classes due to inequalities in socio-economic components
Birth rates vary among different religions, castes and classes because of inequalities in literacy rates
Summary
To examine the spatio-temporal pattern of inequalities in education in the Nadia district. To explore the impact of educational inequalities on birth rates. The primary aim of this research is to examine the impact of inequalities in education on the birth rates in Nowpara-I GP of Krishnagar II C.D. block (Community Development Block) in Nadia District. Observations suggest that the birth rates are high in this area but there has been no previous systematic study on these issues. Population density of the study area is 1609/sq. The study has been conducted based on primary data as well as secondary information. Primary data have been collected with the help of structured questionnaires from sevenrevenue village of Nowpara-I Gram Panchayat (G.P.). Secondary information were collected from various sources, such as the District Census Handbook, Nadia Secondary information were collected from various sources, such as the District Census Handbook, Nadia (2011, Govt. of India), District Statistical Handbook, Nadia (2011, Govt. of West Bengal) and the office of CMOH Dy-II, Nadia, etc
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