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Published since 1986 by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the Asia-Pacific Population Journal (APPJ) brings out high-quality, evidence-based and forward-looking articles on a wide range of population and development issues in Asia and the Pacific.<\/p>\n
This issue (Vol. 31, No. 2, December 2016) of the Asia-Pacific Population Journal contains the following articles:<\/p>\n
The Importance of Husbands\u2019 Engagement in Family Planning Discussion to Promote Contraception Use for Birth Spacing in Rural India by Balaiah Donta, Saritha Nair, Niranjan Saggurti,
\nMohan Ghule, Madhusudana Battala, Anindita Dasgupta, Velhal Gajanan, Jay Silverman, Anita Raj and Saritha Nair<\/p>\n
The Cost of High Suicide Rates in Japan and the Republic of Korea: Reduced Life Expectancies by Elliot Oblander, Sojung Carol Park and Jean Lemaire<\/p>\n
Socio-cultural Inequality in Women\u2019s Health Service Utilization in Nepal by Prem Bhandari and Loritta Chan<\/p>\n
The Extent of Female Unpaid Work in India: A Case of Rural Agricultural Households by Swati Dutta<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Published since 1986 by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the Asia-Pacific Population Journal (APPJ) brings out high-quality, evidence-based and forward-looking articles on a wide range of population and development issues in Asia and the Pacific. This issue (Vol. 31, No. 2, December 2016) of the Asia-Pacific Population<\/p>\n