Title: Family planning services in industry: a survey.

POPLINE Document Number: 266680

Corporate Author(s):

Employers' Federation of India

Source citation:

In: India. Ministry of Labour/International Labour Organisation. National Symposium on Labour and Population Policies, New Delhi, 15-18 April 1974: report. New Delhi, India, Continental Printers [1975]. :99-117.

Abstract:

This article presents the results of a national survey conducted by the Employers' Federation of India regarding family planning services in industry. This survey is based on a total of 345 replies. Several tables are presented in regard to medical facilities available, year of starting family planning services, types of family planning services provided, nature of incentives, supply of contraceptives, motivational activities, progress achieved in family planning, marital status of workers and expenditure on family planning. The proportion of units providing family planning services is higher among the relatively larger units, but there is a relative paucity of medical facilities in units without family planning serivces. Family planning services in the industrial sector are of recent origin, confirmed by 93 out of 132 plantations where services were introduced in or after 1965. The IUD appears to be the most popular method among plantations. Incentives and conventional contraceptives were the 2nd most popular services in plantations. Only 3 out of 68 plantations reported giving cash incentives as well as paid leave; 6 reported giving paid leave only for sterilization. Government, including municipal bodies and government hospitals, was the primary source of conventional contraceptives. Company funds were used mainly to buy pills. Most of the plantations and other units reported having undertaken various motivational activities to promote family planning among their workers. Family planning methods have changed in both plantations and other units. Expenditures were larger in the other units compared to plantations.

Keywords:

India
Family Planning Programs
Industry
Achievement
Family Planning Centers
Incentives
Motivation
Expenditures
Contraceptive Methods Chosen
Contraceptive Distribution
Private Sector
Privately Sponsored Programs
Evaluation
Program Evaluation
Family Planning Program Evaluation
Conferences and Congresses
Research Report
Surveys
Financing, Government
Tables and Charts
Asia, Southern
Asia
Developing Countries
Family Planning
Programs
Organization and Administration
Macroeconomic Factors
Economic Factors
Behavior
Health Facilities
Delivery of Health Care
Health
Policy
Psychological Factors
Financial Activities
Contraceptive Usage
Contraception
Distributional Activities
Program Activities
Sampling Studies
Studies
Research Methodology