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CORRELATES OF FEMALE STERILIZATION REGRET IN THE SOUTHERN STATES OF INDIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2000

MALA RAMANATHAN  and
U. S. MISHRA
MALA RAMANATHAN
Affiliation:
Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology
U. S. MISHRA
Affiliation:
Global Training Programme in Population and Development, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum 695 011, Kerala, India
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Abstract

This study analyses factors associated with the incidence of sterilization regret in the four south Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Using data from the National Family Health Surveys, in all four states the incidence of regret was found to be less than 10% and the factors significantly associated with it were child loss experience and quality of services. Hence, there is a need to improve the quality of services, both in terms of counselling and service provision, and women need to be counselled about the permanent nature of sterilization in order to avoid future regret.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , October 2000 , pp. 547 - 558
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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