Awareness of the dimensions of the population explosion and awareness of the means of family planning among lower socio-economic class women in Pune, India

Khopkar, A.; Khopkar, A

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Awareness of the dimensions of the population explosion and awareness of the means of family planning among lower socio-economic class women in Pune, India

Khopkar, A.

Indian Journal of Social Science 5(3): 303-317

1992

PMID: 12288630

Document Number: 215614

The extent to which urban women of lower socioeconomic status in India are aware of the breadth of current population growth and its consequences, and of the means available to control their fertility, is explored using data collected in the city of Pune in 1991, concerning 219 women. The results suggest that about three-quarters were aware of the consequences, and about half knew how to practice family planning.