Kerala Flashcards
1
Q
What is the population?
A
32 million
2
Q
If it was its own country what stage would it be on the DTM?
A
Stage 4, alongside USA
3
Q
What was the scheme called?
A
National Family Programme
4
Q
What year was it launched?
A
1952
5
Q
What did the communist government encourage?
A
social changes and smaller families
6
Q
What % of babies are born in hospital?
A
95%
7
Q
Adult literacy rate?
A
91% (USA is 96%)
8
Q
How many years later do women marry and have first child than India?
A
marry 4 years later and first child 5 years later
9
Q
Infant mortality?
A
10/1000
10
Q
Infant mortality?
A
10/1000 (USA7)
11
Q
Fertility rate?
A
1.66
12
Q
How low is poverty in Kerala?
A
lowest in South India
13
Q
Methods (8)
A
- Improving education standards
- Improving child health through vaccination programmes
- Providing free contraception
- Encouraging higher age of marriage
- Allowing maternity leave only for 2
- Extra retiring benefits for smaller families
- Land reform programme
- Adult literacy classes
