Ethnicity and Fertility in Malaysia 9789814376075
This is one of six titles resulting from the Ethnicity and Fertility in Southeast Asia Project that commenced in 1980. B
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Table of contents :
CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
PREFACE
I. INTRODUCTION
II. METHODOLOGY
III. THE NATURE OF ETHNIC DIFFERENCES
IV. ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN FERTILITY
V. EXPLAINING ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN FERTILITY AND CONTRACEPTIVE USE
VI. CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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I5EA5 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies was established as an autonomous organization in May 1968. It is a regional research centre for scholars and other specialists concerned with modern Southeast Asia. The Institute's research interest is focused on the many-faceted problems of development and modernization, and political and social change in Southeast Asia. The Institute is governed by a twenty-two-member Board of Trustees on which are representatives from the National University of Singapore, appointees from the government, as well as representatives from a broad range of professional and civic organizations and groups. A ten-man Executive Committee oversees day-to-day operations; it is chaired by the Director, the Institute's chief academic and administrative officer. The responsibility for facts and opinions expressed in this publication rests exclusively with the authors and their interpretations do not necessarily reflect the views or the policy of the Institute or its supporters.
Ethnicity and Fertility in Southeast Asia Series General Editors: Aline K. Wong and Ng Shui Meng
ETHNICITY AND FERTILITY IN MALAYSIA
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Noor Laily bt. Dato• Abu Bakar Tan Boon Ann ley Nai Peng Rohani Abd. Razak with the assistance of Nazileh Ramli Khalipah Mohd. lora Ng Tuck Seng
Research Notes and Discussions Paper No. 52 INSTITUTE OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES 1985
Pub I I shed by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Hang Mul Keng Terrace Paslr Panjang SIngapore 0511 All rights reserved, fib part of this publlc