L3- Girls Allowed Flashcards
What are factors are affected due to overpopulation?
Food, clothing, employment,education, shelter/housing and health
What are the key anti-natalist policies in India?
- Strict enforcement of the child marriage restraint act ( children under the age of 18 and 21 cannot be married)
- sterilization
What percentage of women in India are sterilized?
37%
How is Kerala different from the rest of India?
- they have the highest literacy rates
- communist government redistributed land
- has a higher female:male population
- they have double the national wage of India
How many men were sterilized in India for the crimes they committed?
8 million men
What percentage of couples have children in Kerala?
30-40%
What is the average amount of children’s per family in Kerala?
1.5 children on average
What is the average wage at which women in Kerala get married?
28
What was the purpose of cash/car incentives?
To entice men into getting a vasectomy done
Why was sterilization introduced?
To lower the population by decreasing the birth rates
What were the problems that sterilization caused?
Many young adults would get sterilized for cash but were not able to have families later on in life
What year did Indhira Gandhi introduce an emergency Programme to lower the high birth rates?
1977
