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Some correlations of the opinion on ideal number of children in the family
By: Verma, B. L.
Contributor(s): Srivastava, R. N.
Subject(s): Family size In: Health and Population Perspectives and Issues 2(4)Summary: A house to house investigation on couples' opinion on ideal number of children in the family was carried out in a rural community of Jhansi district (Uttar Pradesh). The aim was to study the exclusive role, if any, of some of their personal characteristics viz. - literacy levels of both the spouses, number of total living children with special reference to male, socio-economic status & their age in the determination of family size. All such factors were significantly related with couples' opinion for the purpose. Analysis indicates that about 50% variation of their response on ideal children is explained by demographic factors as against 15% by socio-economic factors. Findings further reveal that aged couples, with low literacy levels having larger number of living children, smaller nymber of male living children & belonging to low socio-economic groups, by & large, prefer to have ore children in their families. Such couples, therefore, need to be motvated with greater emphasis to adiopt family planning devices.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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A house to house investigation on couples' opinion on ideal number of children in the family was carried out in a rural community of Jhansi district (Uttar Pradesh). The aim was to study the exclusive role, if any, of some of their personal characteristics viz. - literacy levels of both the spouses, number of total living children with special reference to male, socio-economic status & their age in the determination of family size. All such factors were significantly related with couples' opinion for the purpose. Analysis indicates that about 50% variation of their response on ideal children is explained by demographic factors as against 15% by socio-economic factors. Findings further reveal that aged couples, with low literacy levels having larger number of living children, smaller nymber of male living children & belonging to low socio-economic groups, by & large, prefer to have ore children in their families. Such couples, therefore, need to be motvated with greater emphasis to adiopt family planning devices.