Harihar Sahoo

Associate Professor
International Institute For Population Sciences

hariharsahoo@gmail.com

Field of Study: Demography, Sociology
 
Specialization: Fertility, Marriage, Divorce and Consensual Unions, Population and Development
 
Regional focus: South Asia
 
Education: Doctorate (Ph.D, or MD), Jawaharlal Nehru University, Demography, 2011
 
Working languages: English
Hindi
 
Other association membership in population or related fields: Asian Population Association (APA), Population Association of America (PAA)
 
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Professional Summary:

Harihar Sahoo is working as Associate Professor, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, India. He has obtained his doctoral degree in Population Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University. He has been engaged in teaching and research in India since 2008. His research interests include fertility, family planning, reproductive and child health, population and development. He has more than two dozen publications in Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Population Review, Marriage and Family Review, Journal of Biosocial Science, Journal of Family Welfare, Demography India, and in other journals and edited volumes. He is an active member of IUSSP, Population Association of America, Asian Population Association and Indian Association for the Study of Population. He has been involved in several research projects. Some of these are Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion in India, Daughter Only Families in India, Historical Trends and Patterns of Population and Development in India.   

 

Publications:

Sahoo, Harihar, (2014), Family Size Preferences and Decision Making Process in Odisha, India, Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 331-350, ISSN: 0047 2328.

 

Sahoo, Harihar (2014), Fertility Transition in Odisha, India, Asian Profile, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 171-183, ISSBN: 0304-8675.

 

Sahoo, Harihar(2013), Spacing between Births in Odisha, India, Marriage and Family Review, Vol. 49, Issue 7, pp. 585-605, ISSN: 0149-4929; EISSN: 1540-9635.

 

Sahoo, Harihar(2013), Perceived value of Children and Fertility Behavior: Evidence from Odisha, India, Population Review, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 49-69, ISSN: 0032-471X; EISSN: 1549-0955.

 

 

Sahoo, Harihar (2013), Fertility decline under seemingly Unfavourable conditions in Orissa, India, Journal of Bio-Social Science, Vol. 45, Issue 1, pp. 135-140, Available on CJO doi:10.1017/S0021932012000077, ISSN: 0021-9320; EISSN: 1469-7599.