Population change in India (2)
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- Created on: 02-03-16 21:56
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- Population Change in India - LEDC (2)
- Population policies
- Facing huge population increase
- Persistently high birth rate - falling death ratio
- Death Rate - 13 per 1000
- Birth rate - 42 per 1000
- Government aware of situation
- attempts made to reduce family size
- Coercive sterilisation campiagn
- 8 million
- Widespread condemnation
- Abandoned in 1978
- Mid 1980s - programme to improve reproductive health care + encourage contraception
- Female literacy increased
- Percentage of women marrying under 20 fallen
- Resulted in reduction in the rate of growth of pop.
- Regional variations
- Patterns of fertility and mortality decline
- Difference in northern states of Uttar Predesh and Rajasthan and the southern states
- Life expectancy varies from 20 years
- Birth rate and Death rate lower in southern states
- Variations due to education and health services
- Southern States more developed + higher attitude towards women
- Keral + Tamil Nadu fertility levels similar to MEDC
- Population policies
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