Journal of Progressive Agriculture

Open Access
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 1

Statistical analysis of socio-economic and cultural determinants affecting population growth in Rajasthan

  • Author:
  • Mana Ram Jakhar1, Pankaj Nagar2
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 146 to 150

1Research scholar, Department of Statistics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur

2Asso. Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur

Abstract

The main goal of population policy 2000 is control the population growth rate. Population growth rate depends upon various socio economic and cultural variables. In this paper, a statistical analysis of population growth rate of desert area of Rajasthan (total and rural) those are factorized on various socio-economic variables referred to as factor here. The major finding revealed that literacy rate has influence over population growth rate in desert area of Rajasthan. If population policy is implemented effectively than the literacy rate is increase than the population growth rate will certainly decrease to great extent in desert area of Rajasthan. The data for literacy rate (rural and total) across desert area of Rajasthan for census year 2011 are considered.

Keywords

population growth rate(PGR), population growth raterural(PGRR), literacy rate(lit), regression, literacy rate rural(lit)