1980 baseline round of the East Java (Indonesia) population survey : a summary of results

Survey findings show that East Java has a relatively young population - 37% are under age 15 and less than 4% are over 65 years of age. Males slightly outnumber females. Marriage is virtually universal; the mean age at first marriage for a female is 19.9 years - an increase from 17.9 in 1961. Data show a persistent decline in East Java"s fertility. Reference period data show a total fertility rate of 3.22 children per woman. For all of East Java, 42% of women reported that they were current users of contraception, an increase from 12% in 1973 and from 32% in 1976. Data on infant and adult mortality and on crude birth rate are unclear, but should be clarified by later rounds of the EJPS. A 14-item list of references is appended.