Analytical Survey of Factors that Influence the Choice of Female Sterilization among Urban and Rural Populations of India | Chapter 8 | Recent Updates in Disease and Health Research Vol. 3

Background: In order to promote female sterilization, health workers vigorously promoted to fulfil their targets and often misled women about other method choices. This study has analysed the average completed family size with relation to parity, average age of both partners accepting permanent contraception, the percentage of women who finished their family with only female children and comparison of practice observed in rural and urban population. Son preference and sterilization use among young married women was a frequent observation in slums of Bhopal city, India. This paper addresses how the son preference norm and family planning policy together influenced in the decisions for family size, composition in Bhopal, India
 
Methods: A retrospective analytical study was conducted at RKDF medical college and research centre Bhopal M.P. from 1 January 2017 to 31 August 2020 (3 Years 7 months) on 286 patients. Data of the patients who had undergone tubal ligation after normal vaginal delivery, caesarean section, with medical termination of pregnancy and interval tubectomy was collected at RKDF medical college and research centre Bhopal M.P. Individual count of male and female off springs of each couple was recorded.
 
Results: Parity wise maximum number of cases completed their family with two issues i.e. 51%. Permanent sterilisation was done in even one issue in (0.6%) minimum number of cases were observed in 9 issues (0.34%). Rural versus urban distribution was 25% and 75% respectively. For the desire of a male child parity increased up to 3 issues in 32%. Up to 4 issues in 12 % and more than 5 issues in 4%. It was observed that for desire of a male issue size of family increased up to 6, 7 and 9 issues also. Maximum age observed was 47 years of husband and 42 years of wife.
 
Conclusions: For the desire of male child, number of female children increased thereby increasing the family size. It is also very surprising that in India sterilisation is not that effective method to control the population or to limit family size.

Author(s) Details:

Vandana Agarwal,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, RKDFMCH RC Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Rekha Mehani,
Department of Pharmacology, RKDFMCH RC Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Swati Jain,
Department of Community Medicine, RKDFMCH RC Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.

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