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- Title
Correlates of female sterilization regret in the southern states of India.
- Authors
RAMANATHAN, MALA; MISHRA, U. S.; Ramanathan, M
- 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.
- Subjects
ANDHRA Pradesh (India); KARNATAKA (India); KERALA (India); TAMIL Nadu (India); INDIA; STERILIZATION of women; DATA analysis; HEALTH surveys
- Publication
Journal of Biosocial Science, 2000, Vol 32, Issue 4, p547
- ISSN
0021-9320
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1017/S0021932000005472