Poised for a dividend? Changes in the life trajectories of India's young women over the past two decades.

Poised for a dividend? Changes in the life trajectories of India's young women over the past two decades.

This paper examines recent changes in the life trajectories of Indian women. We use data from four major national population surveys that span the years 1998-2016. We look at several cohorts of women across the states and regions. We compare decisions related to education, marriage, childbearing and...

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Main Authors: Shareen Joshi, Kakoli Borkotoky, Abhishek Gautam, Nitin Datta, Pranita Achyut, Priya Nanda, Ravi Verma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242876

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242876

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