Artha Vijnana: Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics

R. Nagarajan ¹, Sanjeevanee Mulay ¹

Affiliations
1 Population Research Centre, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune 411 004, IN

Abstract

Maharashtra is one of the advanced states in the country in terms of income, industry, urbanisation, female literacy, infant survival, primary health infrastructure and family planning acceptance. But none of these advantages have helped the state to achieve the desired demographic transition: the state continues to have a relatively high fertility compared to southern states despite its advantages over many decades. The experience of Maharashtra reveals that economic development alone is not sufficient to achieve the lower population growth rate. The objectives of the paper are: (i) to analyse the regional differentials in population and other related development indicators within Maharashtra; (ii) to find out the extent of regional disparity in Maharashtra in comparison with some of the other states which have made considerable progress towards the population stabilisation in recent years and (iii) to assess the role of regional disparities in development on fertility transition in Maharashtra. The data for the study were mainly drawn from Census 2001; Rapid Household Survey on Reproductive and Child Health (RCH-RHS) and National Family Health Survey (NFHS-1&2). The analysis exhibits the striking regional differences in demographic parameters in Maharashtra. Analysis also shows that not only the regional disparities are higher in Maharashtra it is also higher compared to the other states, which have made considerable progress towards demographic transition.

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K. Sivaswamy Srikantan , Sanjeevanee Mulay , Anjali Radkar

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The present paper intends to Indentify the correlates of family planning acceptance. The data collected during National Fertility and Mortality Survey, Maharashtra (1980) were used for the study. A multivariate generalised linear model has been adopted for the purpose. The unit of analysis is the individual woman. Variables such as caste, education, number of living sons, number of living children have been included in the analysis. The application of the model revealed that the existing number of children/son has a closer association with acceptance of contraception rather than the education or caste variables.

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Sanjeevanee Mulay , K. Balasubramanian

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This paper presents the findings of an evaluation study of three projects on family planning and health undertaken by three non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Maharashtra State, namely the National Integrated Medical Association at Malegaon in Nashik district, the Centre of Matru Mandir at Oni in Ratnagiri district and the Yusuf Meherally Centre at Tara in Raigad district. The study identifies various factors which determine the performance of a particular NGO and highlights how voluntary organizations, in general, can play a useful role for the promotion of family welfare and maternal and child health programmes in India.

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Sanjeevanee Mulay

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Among the diseases that have affected mankind, Malaria was for centuries one of the most formidable, both because of its widespread and its debilitating effect on vitality and physical development of the population. According to the WHO estimates, before the anti-malarial programmes were launched in different countries, there were 1150 million people in the world at risk from malaria and more than one-fourth of them were in India alone.

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K. Sivaswamy Srikantan , Sanjeevanee Mulay , Anjali Radkar

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The First Report on Maharashtra Fertility and Mortality Survey 1980 (MFMS) has identified and described the social and demographic characteristics of couples by which their fertility differs.

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