Kerala Anti-Natalist Policy Flashcards
1
Q
Where is Kerala in India?
A
State in South west
2
Q
Population of Kerala
A
32 million
3
Q
Population density
A
819 people per km^2 = 3 times national average
4
Q
What percentage of India’s population
A
3.4%
5
Q
Aim of policy
A
Create a society that encourages smaller families
6
Q
10 aspects of policy
A
- improve education and treat girls as equals
- adult literacy classes in towns
- educate on benefits of small families
- Reduce IMR
- Vaccination programmes to improve child health
- Free contraception and advice
- Encourage higher age of marriage
- Maternity leave for first 2 babies only
- Extra retirement benefits
- Land reform programme to solve food supply issues
7
Q
Why was the policy successful?
A
Due to social and societal reforms
8
Q
5 successes / results of policy
A
- More girls to uni than boys
- Right to literacy programme runs writing and reading classes = always well attended
- Most villages free libraries
- Land redistributed = no one landless
- No one allowed > 8 ha and everyone self sufficient = larger families disadvantaged
9
Q
Kerala is one of few regions in the LEDW to…
A
Reach stage 4 of DTM
10
Q
Life expectancy
A
73
11
Q
Percentage babies born in hospitals
A
95%
12
Q
Female literacy rate
A
91%
13
Q
IMR
A
12 per 1000
14
Q
GDP
A
1/10 of UK’s but 6.5 times larger than India’s average as a whole
15
Q
Fertility rate
A
1.8 per 1000 - almost half of India’s average
