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Profile of female sterilisation clients at eight clinics in Eastern India: Table 1

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Of 13 505 women who underwent voluntary sterilisation procedures at eight clinics operated by DKT/Janani in the states of Bihar and Jharkhand, India in 2007, the average age of the sterilisation clients was 29 years. The average parity was 3.6. A very high percentage of these clients came from districts with relatively low literacy and high infant mortality, a reflection of the rural and underdeveloped nature of this part of the subcontinent. Despite a controversial and chequered history of sterilisation generally, the sterilisation of women in India today represents the overwhelming choice of Indian couples. About 37% of married women of reproductive age have chosen sterilisation,1 representing a remarkable 77% of all persons practising modern methods of birth control in …

Source: Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

DOI: 10.1136/jfprhc-2011-100201

Authors: Nita Jha, Philip D Harvey

Language: English

Topic: Reproductive Health and Contraception

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Gender equality

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2152061646

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