Discipline

Some of the important questions in population studies

Sociology

1. Are there religious differentials in fertility in India? What are the causes behind them?
2. How does social stratification affect health inequality and quality of life?
3. What role did the industrial revolution play in promoting rural to urban migration?

Economics

1. What are the short term and long term effects of population growth on productivity and national income?
2. What are the costs and benefits of children in different types of societies?
3. Will the falling birth rate improve the unemployment rate?
4. How does one assess the impact of population growth in urban or rural areas?

Psychology

1. What are all the values of children?
2. What is the relationship between locus of control (i.e., attribution of successes and failures to oneself or environment) and fertility preferences?
3. What are the social representations of health and illness among the tribal communities?
4. How does one measure the stigma against HIV/AIDS?

Political scientists

1. How does empowerment of women help in reducing maternal mortality ratio?
2. Is there a relationship between political structures and demographic transition (i.e., changes in birth and death rates)?

1. Do cultural norms affect decision making regarding place of delivery?
2. Did the kinship structure among primitive tribes affect their desire to migrate?
3. What factors explain a higher incidence of neo-natal mortality among the tribal groups in India?
4. What is the status of nutrition among women in selected tribal populations of Madhya Pradesh?

1. What will be the size of India's population in year 2050 if TFR of 2.1 is achieved by 2015?
2. If death rate due to malaria is reduced by half by year 2012, what will be its impact on the life expectancy at birth?
3. Does logistic curve predict population growth in developing countries?