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How Similar are the Determinants of Mortality and Fertility?*
In a pre-transition situation both fertility and mortality are
high. However, in the process of demographic transition, fertility
decline follows mortality decline and when the demographic transition is
complete both these variables vary closely at a low level. In other
words, both these variables behave in a way which are oomplimentaJy to
each other and hence it may be hypothesised that the factors which
explain variation in fertility should explain variation in mortality or
vice versa. Nevertheless, the strength and sometimes even direction of
these determinants may vary from time to time and from place to place.
Presently, Pakistan is in the process of demographic transition. By
using the 1990-91 Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey data, here in
this exercise, an attempt is made to identify and investigate' the
similarities and the differences if any, in the determinants of both
fertility and mortality