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Abstract
This report compares fertility and family planning intentions of rural Indian women in 1975 with actual outcomes in 1987. Ninety-four of 103 respondents who had fewer children than they wanted in 1975 and had stated definite intentions with respect to future fertility and contraceptive use were reinterviewed in 1987. Overall, women had fewer children than desired and stopped childbearing when they reached or closely approximated their ideal number of sons. Since sons were clearly the determinant of "reproductive success," it is argued that only a significant change in the status of rural women can bring about widespread compliance with the official family planning program's two-child norm.Entities:
Keywords: Asia; Behavior; Comparative Studies; Contraception; Contraceptive Usage--changes; Currently Married; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Planning Policy--changes; Family Planning--changes; Family Relationships; Family Size; Family Size, Desired--changes; Family Size, Expected; Family Size, Ideal--changes; Female Sterilization; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Fertility Surveys; Follow-up Studies; India; Kap Surveys; Longitudinal Studies; Marital Status; Nuptiality; Policy; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Psychological Factors; Reproductive Behavior--changes; Research Methodology; Research Report; Rural Population--women; Sampling Studies; Sex Preference; Social Policy; Socioeconomic Factors; Sons; Southern Asia; Sterilization, Sexual; Studies; Surveys; Value Orientation; Women's Status
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Year: 1990 PMID： 2219226
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Stud Fam Plann ISSN： 0039-3665