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YEAR: 1996

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Regional variations in female autonomy and fertility and contraception in

India.

AUTHORS

Visaria L

SOURCE

In: Girls' schooling, women's autonomy and fertility change in South Asia, edited

by Roger Jeffery, Alaka M. Basu. Thousand Oaks, California, Sage, 1996. :235-68.

ABSTRACT

This study examines women's status in terms of autonomy or control over economic and social resources in Gujarat

(western India) and Kerala (southern India). Surveys were conducted in four districts of Gujarat during 1989 and in

three districts of Kerala during 1991. In Gujarat, the survey design involved collecting data from women in their

reproductive ages in 3400 households selected from rural and urban areas of each district. In Kerala, 1000

households were surveyed in each of the three districts. The expected outcome measures shall be based on the

several different indices constructed that reflects a different dimension of economic, social or cultural reality. The

data gathered are rather surprising and suggest that there is no clear-cut contrast in female autonomy between

Gujarat and Kerala with regard to any of the autonomy indices. In schooling terms, however, the women in Kerala

fare much better than the Gujarati women. Further, within each state, there are large inter-district variations in the

level of female autonomy. Interestingly, a smaller percentage of women in Gujarat than in Kerala reported no income

autonomy. With respect to the measure of personal autonomy, the women of Ernakulam and Palghat districts in

Kerala seem better placed compared to women from other districts. On the third measure of autonomy, the tribal and

nontribal regions of Gujarat exhibit divergent patterns. Lastly, the association between fertility--average number of

children ever born--and any of the autonomy indices is not clearly established within the districts. (PubHealth.info

Document ID: CONT2T 2053-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Regional variations in female autonomy and fertility and

contraception in India.", is(are) Visaria L. The source of this article is "In: Girls' schooling, women's autonomy and

fertility change in South Asia, edited by Roger Jeffery, Alaka M. Basu. Thousand Oaks, California, Sage, 1996. :235-

68.". This article was published in 1996 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 2053-06.

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