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Family planning behaviour in Maharashtra.


 Trends in family planning behavior in the state of Maharashtra, India, are reviewed. Comparisons are made between estimates of contraceptive prevalence emanating from official government sources and estimates based on a series of surveys undertaken by the Population Research Centre at the Gokhale Institute, Pune. The authors suggest that some program data may be distorted by the need to meet program targets. They also conclude that although sterilization is the contraceptive method of choice, the goal of the government to lower the net reproduction rate to one by the year 1991 in Maharashtra is unlikely to be achieved, given current family size norms and most families' desire for two sons.
