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Sociology of Kinship

Notes Population Explosion in India; Responsible Facts.

1. Tropical Climate: A girl child gets mature soon because of tropical climate, and gets able
to produce a child sooner. This reproductive years runs larger and in this period she gives
births to many children.
2. Child Marriage: Small kids get married due to this system. So female reproduction period,
i.e., (15–35 years) is fully used. This is the reason why more children take birth.
3. Lack of Entertainment Facilities: In lack of entertainment facilities; female is an object of
entertainment in people of lower level of living group.
4. Joint Family System: Under joint family system, the old people wants to see the marriages
of their sons and grand children infront of them or at their present, looking after a child is
not a problem in these house hold. A big household is considered as a symbol of authority,
status, strength in the society.
5. Illiteracy: In the lack of education, people do not understand result of population growth
and keep giving child birth without any interruption.
6. Lower Living Standard: Due to low living standard people thinks that many children will
help in production process and will earn more. Because of lower level of living, they do not
spend on child’s education, up bringing and luxury. No one get effected by increasing no.
of children.
7. No Knowledge of Family Planning or Preventives: Lack of knowledge indifferences is the
reason for growing population.
8. Irregularities in Marriage: An Indian get “Compulsory” married to same social status of
his / her. Marriage is a religious ritual in India. And important responsibility of a men. But
one gets married the resultant must be child birth but in foreign countries getting marry
depends on persons own will.
9. Importance of Male Child: Female keep deliver children unless she gets a son. In religion it
is said a person gets salvation from his son only.
10. Medical Facilities: Death rate decreased as well as birth rate increased, because of medical
facilities in India.
11. Impact of West: Male female ceition freedom inceased because of western impact.
12. Monies, Obsence literature and jazzy, tight clothes increased sex decides and needs.
13. Fortunist: Indians are fortunist they think child is God’s gift. God has given birth and will
give food too. And they consider birth control a sin. Birth is good in Islam and Bible accepts
more children and it is written in it, that “grow and fill” this earth with people.
14. Lack of Population Decay: Leave some exceptions of war and peace. Indian population got
hurt little. According to Dr. Chandrashekhar; leave some exceptions population hurt less
in last five decades.
15. Arrival of Refugees: Arrival of refugees from neighbouring countries increased the growth
of population.

Effects of Increased Population
1. Over Population and Economic Development: Prof. Colin Clark thinks over populations
is dangerous for economic growth because expenditure of maximum amount on saving
makes pure national income and per capita income less.
2. Increasing Population and Capital Formation: Increasing population is a problem it re-
duces the proportion of natural resources per persons. If production falls the capital forma-
tion turns a problem.

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