Safai Saathis or waste pickers are the backbone of traditional wa

The impact of the family planning (FP) programme over the years is showing varying impacts on fertility across regions and population groups in India.

This paper discusses contraceptive use and discontinuation among women in north Vietnam, in the context of a strong culture preference for sons and a stringent two-child population policy. Among a random sample of 1432 married women aged 15-49 in a rural province in north Vietnam in l994, nearly