Gender preference contraceptive prevalence: evidence of regional variations
Kulkarni, P.M.
Economic and Political Weekly 34(42/43): 3058-3062
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0012-9976 Document Number: 526524
In India there are marked state and regional variations in gender preference. Its effect on contraceptive prevalence is far more complex than has been understood. Regions of strong gender preference do not necessarily show an adverse impact on contraceptive prevalence. The paper considers what the reasons are for the lack of an expected concordance at the various levels of gender preference. Data are drawn from the Indian National Family Health Survey of 1992-93, which included questions on preference for the sex of children as well as on contraceptive practice and fertility.