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Men and Women in India

Men and Women in India 
  • In several states in India, 44% of the girls are married by 18 and become mothers soon thereafter. In India anemia levels among adolescent girls are very high in all states. Promoting later marriages and delaying the birth of first child are two strategies that will give girl a chance to build her own health and produce healthy children.

Click here to view Girl's Age at Marriage and Teenage Childbearing

  • Strong son preference influences acceptance of spacing methods.

  • Son preference is increasingly leading to sex determination tests and the rejection of the female foetus.

  • This leads to an unbalanced gender ratio, societal problems and crime against women.

  • Consistent use of condoms is a man's decision.

  • 98% of all sterilizations are performed on women even when non-scalpel vasectomy is simple and safe.

These factors retard efforts to stabilise the population in a balanced way.

Maternal Mortality Ratio

  • The progress of a country is judged by its levels of maternal and infant mortality. In India these indices are very high. Repeated childbirth are seen as an insurance against multiple infant and child deaths. Vast Numbers of people cannot avail of services even when they are available, due to problems of knowledge and access.

  • The involvement of educated people is vitally necessary to create a public awakening for the need to delay the age of marriage and space the birth of children.

Pregnancy Complications cannot be predicted

 

  • Only 40% of deliveries in India take place in institutions.

  • Only 35% of deliveries are conducted by a doctor. 

  • Only 15% are conducted by a nurse, ANM or midwife. 

 Source: DLHS - RCH, 2002 - 04

Click here to view Sex Ratio of Female Per 1000 Males, 2001 (Bar Chart)

 

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