Demography India is an Official Journal of Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP) which is published twice in a year and now it is an open access peer-reviewed journal.
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I am very happy to take over asthe Chief-Editor of Demography India, an online, biannual official publication of Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP). Continuously been published for almost fifty years, it focuses on the population dynamics in India and abroad. Being interdisciplinary in nature, the journal provides a platform tothe national and international scholars working on multiple issues pertaining to population and development tocommunicate their research findings acrossthe different regions of the world. The articles published in the journal have always reflected the trend in population studies. Starting with technical concerns regarding estimation of fertility, mortality, migration, and urbanization in 1970s, over the years it has covered population policy issues, reproductive health concerns, gender, development and empowerment, nutrition, employment and the impact of digitalization. The journal is open to new ideas and frontier areas of quality research. Adding to its prestige, the journal has a sound peer review system.
Our aim is to add to the prestige of Demography India, through a rigorous system of peer review, a standard formatting and language editing to bring it at par with the best international journals on population and related subjects. Both theoretical and empirical research papers, articles and notes are invited from social scientists and demographers based on large scale data, small primary data, meta-analysis and new theoretical discoursesfor the consideration of publication.
On behalf of the IASP and the editorial team, I express sincere thanks to all the reviewers for helping the journal with their scholarly comments, and recommendations in time, to enable publication of good contributions.
Arun Kumar Sharma
Emeritus Professor of Sociology (Ret.)
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
The editorial team is happy to present the third issue of Volume 54 (September- December, 2025) of Demography India. This issue includes 14 papers covering one paper under the senior demographer column, one invited paper, eight other research papers, two notes, and two book reviews. The invited paper accounts for unpaid care work and its gender dynamics. Other papers cover a diverse range of topics including disparities in digital health, divorce, mapping the unhoused population, child malnutrition, disability, residential segregation in urban areas and urban migration.
We express our sincere gratitude to IASP President, Prof. Suresh Sharma, IEG, for supporting the activities of this journal. We also express our appreciation to all our reviewers for their valuable insights and timely feedback on the research papers submitted for publication. We are also thankful to the editorial staff of the IEG for providing support in publishing the journal. With the unwavering support of the demographic community in India and abroad—as well as the collaboration of social scientists working on population, health, and public policy issues— we aim to elevate Demography India to a new height of academic quality and impact. Together, we will shape a journal that continues to serve as a valuable resource for knowledge exchange and evidence-based decision-making.
We would be happy to receive more books and reports for review in the next issue of the journal. Those who have published a book or a research report and would like it to be reviewed in the next issue of the journal, are requested to send two copies of the same to Dr. Priyanka Yadav, IEG. Unsolicited book reviews, written on their own, would not be published.
We hope that you find this issue interesting. If you have any suggestions to improve the quality of the journal, you may contact the chief editor at arunk@iitk.ac.in or 4aksharma@gmail.com
Arun Kumar Sharma, Senior Professor, IIT Kanpur (Ret.)
Chief Editor, Demography India
Sunandita Das and Harihar Sahoo
Arun Kumar Yadav, Vidya Yadav and Varun Kumar Yadav
Susanta Sen, Amit Banerjee, Asif Ali and Namita Chakma
Alok Kumar Yadav, Rahul Kumar Yadav, Raj Narayan, Dharmendra Yadav, Anil Kumar and Rohit Kumar Yadav
Khamnam Michael Meitei and Biswajit Das
Anjum Khatoon and Amit Kumar
Arun Kumar Sharma and Gudakesh
Gudakesh Yadav and Koustav Ghosh
Dr. A.K. Sharma
Chief Editor
Dr. Jalandhar Pradhan
Associate Chief Editor
Dr. Irfan Khan
Associate Chief Editor
Dr. Ashish Mishra
Associate Chief Editor
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Chauhan
Managing Editor
Dr. Gudakesh
Managing Editor
Dr. Priyanka Yadav
Associate Managing Editor
Dr. Vandana Sharma
Associate Managing Editor
Dr. Ankita Shukla
Associate Managing Editor
Dr. Moradhvaj Dhakad
Associate Managing Editor
Dr. Ankit Sikarwar
Associate Managing Editor
Dr. Shekhar Chauhan
Associate Managing Editor