Vijayan K. Pillai

Vijayan Kumara Pillai, Ph.D. (born 1948), is a sociologist. He is a professor at the School of Social Work in the University of Texas at Arlington. He is an Honorary Adjunct Professor at Amrita University.

Early life He received his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1983, with a thesis titled "Determinants of the first birth interval."

Career He taught at the University of North Texas, University of Iowa, and University of Zambia. His research interests include the accessibility of health services in developing countries, women's rights and reproductive health, social development, sustainability, adolescent health and sexual behavior, acute malnutrition, and stunting.

Publications

Books Sunil, T. S., and Vijayan K. Pillai. Women's Reproductive Health in Yemen. Amherst, N.Y.: Cambria Press, 2010. Review, Reference & Research Book News May 2010 Littell, Julia H., Jacqueline Corcoran, and Vijayan K. Pillai. Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. Held in 384 libraries according to Review, Research on Social Work Practice v. 18 no. 5 (Sept. 2008). Review, Children & Youth Services Review v. 31 no. 4 (Apr. 2009). Crow, Thomas, and Vijayan K. Pillai. Designing a Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program: The Behavioral Performance Theory. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 2006. Review, SciTech Book News June 2006 Weinstein, Jay A., and Vijayan K. Pillai. Demography: The Science of Population. Boston, Mass: Allyn and Bacon, 2001. Achola, Paul Pius Waw, and Vijayan K. Pillai. Challenges of Primary Education in Developing Countries: Insights from Kenya. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2000. Pillai, Vijayan K., Lyle W. Shannon, and Judith L. McKim., eds. Developing Areas: A Book of Readings and Research. Oxford: Berg, 1995. Pillai, Vijayan K., and Guang-zhen Wang. Women's Reproductive Rights in Developing Countries. Aldershot, Hants, England: Ashgate, 1999. . In 316 libraries according to worldCat

Selected journal articles His most-cited peer-reviewed journal articles are: Pampel, Pillal, V.K. "Patterns and determinants of infant-mortality in developed nations, 1950-1975", Demography volume: 23 issue: 4 pages: 525-542 published: Nov 1986.

Pei XM, Pillai VK, "Old age support in China: The role of the state and the family" International Journal of Aging and Development Volume: 49 Issue: 3 Pages: 197-212 Published: 1999