Perceived probability of success and motivational basis for family planning programme. part II
Kar, S.B.
Antiseptic (Madurai) 65(12): 921-925
1968
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-5998 PMID: 12332400 Document Number: 500321
In the context of the role of family planning programs as part of total national developmental efforts, 2 exploratory studies of motivational correlates in family planning are discussed. The 2 samples were drawn from the lower socioeconomic strata of the U.S. and India. A significant difference is noted in the pattern of aspirations between the early and late acceptors in the U.S. sample, as well as in the acceptors and nonacceptors in the Indian sample. The need for evolving educational messages that are consonant with the existing patterns of hopes, aspirations, fears, and worries of the people is manifest so that individuals would realize that contraception is a means of fulfilling their primary aspirations and of preventing some of their major worries. The present study also suggests a significant and direct relationship between the levels of aspirations and acceptance of family planning. Subjects with lower levels of aspiration will require greater personalized persuasion and follow-up services to initiate a change in their fertility behavior in favor of practicing systematic contraception.