Title: Seminar on family welfare (planning) in India

POPLINE Document Number: 244974

Author(s):

Katti AP

Source citation:

Dharwad, India, Institute of Economic Research, Population Research Centre, 1980. xviii, 222 p.

Abstract:

These are the proceedings of a seminar on family welfare and family planning in India, held in Dharwad, India, on March 21-22, 1980. The 23 papers included are grouped under five substantive topics: characteristics of family planning acceptors; the effect of the family planning program on population growth, including case studies of Karnataka, Maharashtra, and West Bengal and a study of the effect of induced abortion; general aspects of the family planning program in India; health aspects, including integrated services, malaria, and urbanization; and social aspects, including knowledge of and attitude toward the program, the status of women, public participation, and the role of family planning as an instrument of social change.

Keywords:

India
Family Planning Programs
Conferences and Congresses
Family Planning Acceptor Characteristics
Family Planning Program Evaluation
Abortion
Social Change
Social Development
Demographic Impact
Population Growth
Health
Integrated Programs
Urbanization
Women's Status
Knowledge
Attitude
Asia, Southern
Asia
Developing Countries
Family Planning
Programs
Organization and Administration
Family Planning Acceptors
Fertility Control, Postconception
Economic Factors
Population Dynamics
Demographic Factors
Population
Urban Population Distribution
Population Distribution
Geographic Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Psychological Factors
Behavior