Fertility Control in a Risk Society Analysing Contraception Choice of Urban Elites in India

This book analyses the reasons for relying on behavioural contraception methods among urban ‘elites’ in India and examines their efficacy in controlling fertility. It also traces variations in contraception choice over the reproductive cycle of women. Although researchers and policy makers generally...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Husain, Zakir, Dutta, Mousumi (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi Springer India 2017, 2017
Edition:1st ed. 2017
Series:SpringerBriefs in Population Studies
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Behavioural contraception methods: An introduction.-2. Methodological issues
  • 3.Ultra-modernism, or son preference? Analysis of NFHS data
  • 4. Current contraception use: A survey of currently married graduates in Kolkata
  • 5. Method, or methods? What happens over the life span
  • 6. Contraception in a risk society: A new approach to studying reproductive behaviour
  • 7. Behavioural Contraception Methods and Urban Graduates: Summing Up the Evidence