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YEAR: 1975

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Practice of family planning methods in Calcutta.

AUTHORS

SARKAR BN; RAMAN MV

SOURCE

In: Kurup, R.S., ed. Studies on Fertility in India. Gandhigram, India,

Gandhigram Institute of Rural Health and Family Planning, 1975, pp. 258-280

ABSTRACT

The eligible married women population of Calcutta (1970) consists of 35% Bengali-speaking high-caste Hindus, 25%

Bengali-speaking other-caste Hindus, 20% Hindi-speaking Hindus, 8% Hindus speaking other languages, 9%

Muslims and 3% of other religions. Ignorance of family planning decreases as the educational level increases, for

all social groups except Hindi-speaking Hindus. Hindi-speaking illiterate Hindus and Muslims from the slum

localities exhibit the highest level of ignorance about family planning. Family planning practices increase with

education of the spouse and Bengali-speaking couples show a higher rate of family planning practice. In the non-

slum sector, high-caste Bengalis with illiterate wives accept contraception less than other-caste Bengalis, a

possible explanation being aversion to social reform. Muslims show a low percentage of practice, but this may be

because they are mostly slum dwellers and illiterate. The condom is the most popular family planning method and

abstinence and coitus interruptus are more popular among the lesser educated women. About 8.6% of the slum

dwellers and 13.1% of the non-slum sector use other family planning methods such as the loop, pill, foam tablets,

jelly, diaphragm etc. There has been very low acceptance of sterilization in the non-Bengali slum population. A

1973 survey showed 10.5% sterilized couples, an increase of less than 1 percentage point from 1970. Education is

one of the most important factors in the acceptance of family planning among this population. (PubHealth.info

Document ID: CONT7T 3092-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Practice of family planning methods in Calcutta.", is(are)

SARKAR BN; RAMAN MV. The source of this article is "In: Kurup, R.S., ed. Studies on Fertility in India.

Gandhigram, India, Gandhigram Institute of Rural Health and Family Planning, 1975, pp. 258-280". This article was

published in 1975 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT7T 3092-06. All rights reserved with

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