A non-birth Control Programme Kerala, India. Flashcards
What did India launch?
A National Family Planning Programme.
When did India launch their programme?
1952.
What did the programme include?
Contraception.
Social changes.
Kerala has focused on social changes to create what?
A society that encourages smaller families.
Its decreases it birth rate has been what?
The most dramatic in India.
What is happening today in Kerala?
More girls are going to university than boys.
The Right To Literacy Programme does what?
Organises reading and writing classes in villages.
Despite how remote they are.
What happened to the land in Kerala?
It was redistributed.
No on was landless.
What is Kerala’s GDP per capita?
$2950 per capita.
What is India’s as a whole GDP per capita?
$460 per capita.
What is Kerala’s infant mortality rate?
12 per 1000.
What is the UK’s infant mortality rate?
7 per 1000.
What is India as a whole infant mortality rate?
65 per 1000.
What is Kerala’s fertility rate?
1.8.
Similar to the UK’s 1.7.
What is India’s overall fertility rate?
3.1.
