The Apa Tanis and Their Neighbours: A Primitive Civilization of the Eastern Himalayas
1. The Utilization of Natural Resources2. Trade and Barter3. Social Structure4. The Position of Slaves5. Family Life6. The Maintenance of Law and Order7. Relations with Neighbours in Peace and War8. Religion and Moral Order
This article examines which public programmes and which socio-economic development indicators have had an impact on contraceptive practices and fertility in a selected group of villages in Comilla district of Bangladesh. It finds that equitable even-handed development may be a good contraceptive but is not a realistic alternative to family planning effort....This research undertaken in 1985 replicates a similar knowledge attitudes and practice (KAP) type study undertaken in these same villages some 20 years earlier in 1967/68....Thus the two studies provide a unique look at demographic behavioural characteristics when these agricultural development programmes were in an early stage and then 20 years later. (EXCERPT)