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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 and Alaka M. Basu. New Delhi, India, Sage Publications, 1996.

ABSTRACT

This chapter has three distinct objectives. Firstly, I outline an approach to women's autonomy by delineating

analytical categories that can be measured in large surveys. Secondly, I present district level data, derived from

surveys conducted in two Indian states--Gujarat in Western India and Kerala in South India--to understand whether

the degree of female autonomy and gender relations are different in the two regions. Thirdly, I consider fertility and

related measures for women enjoying different degrees of autonomy to understand the extent to which autonomy is

associated with or can explain regional variations in fertility behaviour. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 2054-

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 and Alaka M. Basu. New Delhi, India, Sage Publications, 1996.

:235-68.". This article was published in 1996 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T

2054-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 7054

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