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  • Title: Fertility study of a Juang village.
    Author: Das NC.
    Journal: East Anthropol; 1979; 32(3):185-91. PubMed ID: 12261593.
    Abstract:
    Information concerning fertility was collected from all the households in the village of Panasnasa, which is completely inhabited by the Juangs (1 of the aboriginal Scheduled Tribes of Orissa). Of the 85 households, 48 were nuclear families, 5 were extended families, and 32 were incomplete and broken families. 77 of the total of 159 females were in their reproductive age of 15-44; 14 of this group were widows and 4 were unmarried. The following were among the important findings: 1) there was an increase in the average number of children (4.43) up to the age group of 35-39; 2) the age group of 40-44 shows a slight decrease (4.33) in the average number of children; and 3) the last age group of 45 and older again shows a slight increase (4.53) in the average number of children. In view of the small size of the sample these slight fluctuations can be overlooked. The majority of the women had their 1st conception at age 16-17. In 41 cases of 88 ever married women, the 1st conception occurred keeping an interval of below 1 year from the age at marriage. In 3 cases the interval between the age at marriage and the age at 1st conception was more than 4 years, and these were the cases of child marriage. The mean interval between these 2 events is 1.4 years. Malnutrition, unfavorable environmental factors and other biological factors are jointly responsible for lowering the fecundity period of the Juang women.
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