Impact of Child Mortality on Family Size Desires and Family Planning Practice among White-Collar Workers

Abstract

High family size desire and low acceptance of family planning constitute, the two main factors underlying the high fertility of the Indian population. Excessive loss of children in early childhood in rural areas is considered to be contributory to both of the above factors. The primary purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of child mortality on completed family size desire and current use of family planning methods among white-collar workers of Lucknow city, who constitute the educated and relatively enlightened section of the urban population.