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AN ASSESSMENT OF FETAL LOSS AMONG CURRENTLY MARRIED WOMEN IN INDIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

S. RAJARAM ,
LISA K. ZOTTARELLI  and
T. S. SUNIL
S. RAJARAM
Affiliation:
Population Research Center, Dharwad, India
LISA K. ZOTTARELLI
Affiliation:
Texas Woman’s University, USA
T. S. SUNIL
Affiliation:
University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
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Summary

The present paper assesses fetal loss among currently married women in India. In addition, the effects of social, economic, demographic and health factors on fetal loss are studied. The study uses data from the second National Family Health Survey conducted in India during 1998–2000. The results show wide variations in fetal loss (induced abortion, spontaneous abortion and still-birth) measures across the country. The importance of mother’s nutritional status, birth spacing, risky behaviours such as smoking, drinking and chewing tobacco and age at marriage for pregnancy outcomes in India is also discussed. The study results imply a broad understanding of reproductive health in India, and emphasize the importance of widening the scope of community-based reproductive health education programmes to improve the reproductive health of women.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 41 , Issue 3 , May 2009 , pp. 309 - 327
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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