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contraception, etc. All these will tend to reduce
fertility. Similarly, the positive effect operates
through increasing ability to bear the children,the
improved health condition of spouse, children as
an asset to derive various utilities from them. All
these will tend to increase fertility. Because of
both positive and negative effects of agricultural
development on fertility,it is rather difficult to
ascertain any unidirectional change in fertility in
response to agricultural development in its initial
stage. Thus, an uncertain relationship could be
hypothesized between the two.
2. The mortality response to agricultural devel~nt
mainly operates through better standards of
and
living L ample supply of food per capita which increase
the level of nutrition and thus reduce
the
deaths caused by malnutrition. A negative relationship
between the two is, thus, hypothesized.
3. Due to observed negative J:elationships between
agJ:icul tUJ:al development and mortality levels and
uncertain J:elationsh1p between agricultural development
and fertility levels the nature of the relationship
between agricultural development and rate of