Correlates of female sterilization regret in the southern states of India

Citation
M. Ramanathan et Us. Mishra, Correlates of female sterilization regret in the southern states of India, J BIOSOC SC, 32(4), 2000, pp. 547-558
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Public Health & Health Care Science
Journal title
JOURNAL OF BIOSOCIAL SCIENCE
ISSN journal
00219320 → ACNP
Volume
32
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
547 - 558
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9320(200010)32:4<547:COFSRI>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
This study analyses factors associated with the incidence of sterilization regret in the four south Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Using data from the National Family Health Surveys, in all four states the incidence of regret was found to be less than 10% and the factors significantly associated with it were child loss experience and qua lity of services. Hence, there is a need to improve the quality of services , both in terms of counselling and service provision, and women need to be counselled about the permanent nature of sterilization in order to avoid fu ture regret.