Overview
- Examines reliance of behavioural contraception methods in India, which is generally overlooked in literature on reproductive health
- Analyses how reliance on birth control methods varies over reproductive life cycles using transition matrices
- Appraises the role of social factors like risk and stresses of modern society as key factors in influencing contraceptive choice
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies (BRIEFSPOPULAT)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Behavioural methods of contraception
- Contraception choices in affluent households
- Contraception choices through women’s reproductive cycles
- Contraception use in urban India
- Fertility control in India
- NFHS data
- Reproductive health in India
- Urban women and reproductive control
- Use of behavioural contraception methods in India
- maternal and child health
About this book
This book analyses the reasons for relying on behavioural contraception methods among urban ‘elites’ in India and examines their efficacy in controlling fertility. It also traces variations in contraception choice over the reproductive cycle of women.
Although researchers and policy makers generally equate reliance on behavioural contraceptive methods with low levels of education and awareness and lack of desire to control fertility, this perception has been questioned in recent years. The authors’ analysis of the first three rounds of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data in India reveals that behavioural contraceptive methods are popular in eastern India. Moreover, it is urban educated women who rely on behavioural methods, and are apparently able to regulate fertility quite effectively with such methods. NFHS data, however, has some limitations and this motivates the authors to explore birth control methods through primary surveys of currently married graduate women in Kolkata.
The use of behavioural contraception methods is a little researched area globally and this is the first book focusing on the topic in India.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Zakir Husain is Associate Professor at the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. He uses econometric tools and methods to study issues in education, demography, health, gender and social exclusion. He also teaches general equilibrium analysis, game theory and econometrics.
Email: dzhusain@gmail.com
Email: dmousumi1970@gmail.com
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fertility Control in a Risk Society
Book Subtitle: Analysing Contraception Choice of Urban Elites in India
Authors: Zakir Husain, Mousumi Dutta
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3685-6
Publisher: Springer New Delhi
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-81-322-3683-2Published: 14 November 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-81-322-3685-6Published: 04 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2211-3215
Series E-ISSN: 2211-3223
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 132
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations
Topics: Demography, Population Economics, Maternal and Child Health, Gender Studies