Fertility Control in a Risk Society Analysing Contraception Choi
This book analyses the reasons for relying on behavioural contraception methods among urban ‘elites’ in India and examines their efficacy in controlling fertility. It also traces variations in contraception choice over the reproductive cycle of women. Alt
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Zakir Husain Humanities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Kharagpur, West Bengal India
Mousumi Dutta Department of Economics Presidency University Kolkata, West Bengal India
ISSN 2211-3215 ISSN 2211-3223 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Population Studies ISBN 978-81-322-3683-2 ISBN 978-81-322-3685-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-3685-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016954592 © The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer (India) Pvt. Ltd. The registered company address is: 7th Floor, Vijaya Building, 17 Barakhamba Road, New Delhi 110 001, India
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Acknowledgements
The study was made possible by a financial grant from the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, to Dr. Mousumi Dutta. We are grateful to ICSSR for this financial assistance. We are also grateful to Dr. Saswata Ghosh, Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata, for his help in analysing the National Family Health Survey data, constructing the Standard of Living Indices and overall comments and suggestions. His assistance in writing the paper for Asian Population Studies (Zakir Husain, Saswata Ghosh & Mousumi Dutta, 2013, ‘Ultramodern Contraception’ Re-Examined, Asian Population Studies, 9:3, 280–300, DOI: 10.1080/17441730.2013.816480, http://dx. doi.org/10.1080/17441730.2013.816480), which formed the basis for Chap. 3, was invaluable. Permission to use this paper was kindly granted by Routledge and Dr. Saswata Ghosh. We are also grateful to Prof.
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