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YEAR: 1975

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Family planning and economic development in an integrated population.

Policy in India.

AUTHORS

Gupta BP

SOURCE

In: Sanwal, H. and Agarwala, S.N., eds. Problems and prospects of family

planning in India. Lucknow, India, Population Project, 1975. p. 109-112

ABSTRACT

In India plans for economic development and plans for decreasing the level of fertility have been pursued

independently. To date the family planning program has failed to significantly decrease Indian fertility.

Consequently, it is necessary to question whether the program can bring about the desired result if it continues in its

present mode of operation. In promoting the small family norm, efforts have concentrated on propoganda. This has

been an ineffective means of motivating the population to control the size of their families, proving that motivation in

noncontraceptive populations cannot be generated by propaganda alone. In order to motivate the people, there must

be higher standards of living and of education. Studies on the interrelationships between fertility and socioeconomic

variables reveal that there is a minimum level of living that has to be achieved before there is motivation for limiting

family size. The answer for India then is in economic development, for this is the ultimate weapon with which to fight

population growth. This does not mean that the family planning program in India is without value. Although no

substitute for economic development, family planning can be a useful complement to economic planning. Its role

would be limited to the supply of modern family planning methods and services to a population already motivated by

economic progress. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT7T 2556-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Family planning and economic development in an

integrated population. Policy in India.", is(are) Gupta BP. The source of this article is "In: Sanwal, H. and Agarwala,

S.N., eds. Problems and prospects of family planning in India. Lucknow, India, Population Project, 1975. p. 109-

112". This article was published in 1975 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT7T 2556-06.

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