Socio-Economic and Fertility Level of Chandel People in Manipur

The present reference book entitled ‘Socio-Economic and Fertility Level of Chandel District in Manipur’ is the outcomes of a Research Project under University Grants Commission (UGC) vide Sanction No. F.5-150/2013-14/MRP/NERO dated 19th June 2014. It has investigated the effects of socio-economic and demographic factors on income differential, growth of agriculture and fertility level of the people of Chandel District taking an adequate sample size of 1071 households. The study population inhabited by tribal people is the India's easternmost hill district of Manipur internationally bordering with Myanmar. Utilizing the econometric and higher statistical methods, the variability in income level, agricultural outcomes and also fertility scenario could be highlighted with a good number of socio-economic, demographic and behavioural independent variables. The findings have been discussed and interpreted with the previous findings of the studies conducted in India and other developing and least developed countries.