Family Planning and Maternal Health: A Study of Jammu District

Abstract

A close interplay exists between the issue of population growth, developmental trends
and problems of women's status. It is found that an improvement in women's status through
education, employment, access to health services and increase age of marriage had a
direct impact on their fertility behaviour. Indian planners have always acknowledged health
as an important area for women's development. Access to safe, voluntary family planning
is a human right. Family planning is central to gender equality and women's empowerment and a key factor in reducing poverty. In the present paper an attempt has been made
to study the family planning and maternal health in Jammu district. The present study is
based on both primary and secondary sources of data. The primary data is collected
through field survey of 25 wards and 25 villages. The data was collected through interview schedules. The total sample size consists of 300 women respondents.