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  • Title: Poverty and resistance to family planning.
    Author: Santpur SS, Chari HR, Devi KK.
    Journal: IPPF Med Bull; 1977 Jun; 11(3):1-2. PubMed ID: 12335211.
    Abstract:
    Nonacceptors of family planning in the area covered by the Government Maternity Hospital, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, were analyzed. Among the 3901 eligible couples in the area, 3314 (85%) were nonacceptors. Among those with fewer than 2 children, more than 93% were nonacceptros; among those with 3, 84%; among those with 4 or 5 children, 71%. Even after 6 children 69% refused contraception. Most were poor, illiterate, and were either ignorant of any method or had doubts about the method. These people dream of 2 meals a day and live in unsanitary conditions. If a child is born, there is no guarantee it will live. In such situations, an extra child makes little difference in living conditions and after 3 or 4 years can actually make a contribution to the family. To get more nonacceptors to increase their interest in smaller families, basic changes must be made in economic conditions, education, health care, and old age insurance and pensions. Until a certain threshold level of social and economic development is reached, there will not be a sustained drop in the birthrate.
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