Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / E. M. S. Namboodiripad -- 1. Kerala's Demographic Transition: An Overview / K. C. Zachariah and S. Irudaya Rajan -- 2. Demographic Transition Since Independence / P. N. Mari Bhat and S. Irudaya Rajan -- 3. Demographic Transition: A Response to Official Policies and Programmes / K. C. Zachariah -- 4. Onset of Mortality and Fertility Transition: New Evidence from Parish Records / S. Irudaya Rajan, P. N. Mari Bhat and Tim Dyson -- 5. Fertility, Mortality and Contraceptive Prevalence: Evidence from the National Family Health Survey / P. S. Nair --6. Can Poverty Determine Fertility? Agricultural Labourers and Their Fertility Decisions / K. S. James -- 7. Determinants and Correlates of Age at Marriage / K. Krishnakumari and G. K. Moli -- 8. Education and Fertility: Is There Any Link? / D. Radha Devi -- 9. Life Table Analysis of the Labour Force / S. Sulaja and N. B. Sureshkumar -- 10. Dynamics of Age at Maternity / U. S. Mishra and S. Irudaya Rajan.

11. Low Birth Weight and Need for Nutritional Care for Pregnant Women / R. S. Kurup -- 12. Population Ageing: Causes and Consequences / S. Irudaya Rajan and U. S. Mishra -- 13. Inter-regional Comparison of Demographic Conditions / P. Mohanachandran Nair -- 14. Peasant Migration from Travancore to Malabar / K. V. Joseph -- 15. Economic Consequences of Gulf Migration / T. M. Thomas Isaac -- 16. Social Consequences of International Migration: Case Studies of Women Left Behind / Leela Gulati.