Fertility Control in a Risk Society

Name: Fertility Control in a Risk Society
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Analysing Contraception Choice of Urban Elites in India

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Springerbriefs in Population Studies

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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.

Author Biography:

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 Mousumi Dutta is Professor at the Department of Economics, Presidency University, Kolkata, India. Her research interests are reproductive health, health economics, gender issues and built heritage. She teaches applied econometrics and microeconomics. Email: dmousumi1970@gmail.com

Release date NZ

November 14th, 2016

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Audience

Professional & Vocational

Edition

1st ed. 2017

Illustrations

19 Illustrations, black and white; XX, 132 p. 19 illus.

Pages

132

Series

Springerbriefs in Population Studies

Dimensions

155x235x8

ISBN-13

9788132236832

Product ID

26090519

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