Social Factors: The tradition and social values also effect the fertility rate. Small and joint family system is one of the factor. In rural society in Nepal, the parents, married son and daughter in law , grandson and daughter, uncle and aunt live together that is joint family. There is no responsibility on the head of the one member to take care of the children so, there is more co-operation in growing the children. But in the small family responsibility goes to one man that is why there is less number of children. Universality of marriage is one factor which means to maintain hereditary tradition, to believe that unmarried life is incomplete, to regard social respect for having son and daughter and grandson and grand-daughter is regarded as a social prestige. Thus, universality of marriage has induced increase in fertility also. Family planning system is also one of the factors. Today every attempt is made to educate as well as to convince people about checking fertility that is temporary contraceptive of the family planning and permanent method of the family planning. Fertility also depends on the social status of women. Social and culture values influence fertility directly. Infant mortality rate also is one factor. Urbanisation also affect fertility rate.
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